| 001 | $ 03/2550 | ||
| 003 | $ UK-LoRAA | ||
| 005 | $ 20220225145852.1 | ||
| 041 | 0 | # | $a eng |
| 044 | # | # | $a uk |
| 100 | 1 | # | $a Dodd, Ralph |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | $a Reports, With Plans, Sections, &c. Of The Proposed Dry Tunnel, Or Passage, From Gravesend, in Kent, to Tilbury, in Essex; $b Demonstrating Its Practicability, And Great Importance to The Two Counties, And To The Nation At Large: Also On A Canal From Near Gravesend To Stroud. With Some Miscellaneous And Practical Observations. By R. Dodd, Engineer. Illustrated With Plates. |
| 260 | # | # | $a London: $b Printed For J. Taylor, At The Architectural Library, High Holborn. $c 1798. |
| 300 | # | # | $a viii, [ii], 28, [2] p., 3 pl. (2 dble.); $c 262 mm. (Quarto). |
| 505 | 0 | # | $a [T.p.] - Preface - [Plates] - Explanation Of The Plates - Reports, &c. &c. - Additional Improvement - [Advertisement]. |
| 508 | # | # |
$a The first two plates are signed as drawn by R. Dodd and engraved by J. Raffield [is this the same as the architect John Raffield (fl. 1770-1825)?]. The third plate (a map) is unsigned. Each plate carries the imprint of J. Taylor and the date, Sep. 1. 1798. |
| 510 | 0 | # | $a RIBA, Early printed books, 5 (2003), no.3822, p.2572-3; A.W. Skempton, British civil engineering 1640-1840: a bibliography (1987), 379. The triumphant bore: a celebration of Marc Brunel's Thames tunnel, ed. M. Chrimes [exhibition catalogue] (London, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1993). |
| 510 | 4 | # | $a ESTC $c T111066 |
| 520 | 2 | # |
$a The text includes A Report and Estimate, on the projected Dry Tunnel, or Subterraneous Passage, under the River Tyne, to communicate with the Towns of North and South Shields (p. 17-22). The plates show: 1. a plan and vertical and horizontal sections of the proposed tunnel from Gravesend to Tilbury; 2. a view of Gravesend and Tilbury indicating the situation of the proposed tunnel, and a section of the river in the line of the tunnel; 3. a map indicating the roads and principal towns within the immediate influence of the tunnel and of the canal. |
| 561 | # | # | $a Acquired between 1798 and 1802. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802. |
| 562 | # | # | $a Imperfect: lacks the advertisement leaf. |
| 563 | # | # | $a 20th-century brown half morocco, brown cloth-covered boards; gilt-decorated spine, lettered 'Tracts' and 'R.A.'. Bound with 7 others |
| 653 | # | # | $a Tunnels - Canals - Engineering - Transportation - Great Britain - Kent - Essex - History - 18th century |
| 655 | # | 4 | $a Plans - Sections - Great Britain - 18th century |
| 655 | # | 4 | $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Raffield $e engraver |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Taylor, Josiah $e publisher |
| 852 | 8 | # | $d 1802: 2-3-01; 1821: H-3-02 |