Papers Relating to the Orissa Coast Canal (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...with any water, either from spring or leakage from the sides of the pit. We have had besides no trouble from leakage in the excavation pits of the sea dyke or of the canal in Hidgellee. The soil along the projected canal is, if anything, much stiffer and more imper. vious to the leakage of the tidal waters than in Hidgellee generally. We are able to sink on this coast pits 10 feet deep vertically, and then no water is met with, nor have the sides of the pit slipped in. 93. Now, as regards the liability of the canal channel being swamped by the inundation waters during construction. In Range No. III the only portion which will be subject to the flood waters during construction is the portion from the intersection by the canal of the Jookee cross embankment to that of the Bhograi embankment, or from the 214 mile to the 26th mile, or about 5 J miles in length. With the enormous amount of labour available in this part of the district there will be no difficulty in raising above flood level in one season the flood side bank of these 5 miles of the canal. Then, as regards the portions of the canal in Ranges Nos. IV and V, I cannot understand why any difficulty should be anticipated, if ordinary precautionary measures be taken when execu ting the work. It is Dot to be supposed that in executing a line of canals like that projected we would commence the work everyw here at haphazard, and adopt to preventive measures against possible damages by the inundation water during construction. The excavation of the canal channel could be so arranged that no length of canal would be commenced the side banks of which could not be raised in one season sufficiently high to keep out inundation waters. Cross dams could be easily thrown up at each end of the completed portio...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...with any water, either from spring or leakage from the sides of the pit. We have had besides no trouble from leakage in the excavation pits of the sea dyke or of the canal in Hidgellee. The soil along the projected canal is, if anything, much stiffer and more imper. vious to the leakage of the tidal waters than in Hidgellee generally. We are able to sink on this coast pits 10 feet deep vertically, and then no water is met with, nor have the sides of the pit slipped in. 93. Now, as regards the liability of the canal channel being swamped by the inundation waters during construction. In Range No. III the only portion which will be subject to the flood waters during construction is the portion from the intersection by the canal of the Jookee cross embankment to that of the Bhograi embankment, or from the 214 mile to the 26th mile, or about 5 J miles in length. With the enormous amount of labour available in this part of the district there will be no difficulty in raising above flood level in one season the flood side bank of these 5 miles of the canal. Then, as regards the portions of the canal in Ranges Nos. IV and V, I cannot understand why any difficulty should be anticipated, if ordinary precautionary measures be taken when execu ting the work. It is Dot to be supposed that in executing a line of canals like that projected we would commence the work everyw here at haphazard, and adopt to preventive measures against possible damages by the inundation water during construction. The excavation of the canal channel could be so arranged that no length of canal would be commenced the side banks of which could not be raised in one season sufficiently high to keep out inundation waters. Cross dams could be easily thrown up at each end of the completed portio...

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United States

Release date

March 2012

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First published

March 2012

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Dimensions

246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

82

ISBN-13

978-1-130-79231-7

Barcode

9781130792317

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1-130-79231-5



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