Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume III
Forfatter: Archibald Williams
År: 1945
Serie: Engineering Wonders of the World
Forlag: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Sted: London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York
Sider: 407
UDK: 600 eng- gl
With 424 Illustrations, Maps, and Diagrams
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ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
MAKING THE TRENCH FOR THE LOWER PART OF A PUDDLED CLAY CORE WALL, CHINGFORD NEW
RESERVOIR.
EXCAVATOR AT WORK AT CENTRE OF CHINGFORD NEW RESERVOIR.
ficial lake which will cover an area much
larger than Hyde Park, and will contain more
than half the volume of water stored in Lake
Thirlmere. From Chingford the water will
pass through an aqueduct to the great reser-
voirs at Walthamstow. The bulk will flow
thence by gravity to the filter beds at Lee
Bridge Pumping Station. At
the Ferry Lane Station to the
north of the main group of the
Walthamstow lakes is a pump
driven by a De Laval steam
A Wonderful
Steam Tur-
bine.
turbine, which