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Book SynopsisA colour review of John Dixon's contribution to railway, mining and maritime engineering.
Table of Contents1 Early life, education and first employment 2 Early years in London 3 Floating Swimming Baths 4 Southport Pier extension 5 Isle of Man 6 Windermere Ferry 7 Isle of Wight 8 Egypt and Cleopatra’s Needle 9 Works in Brazil 10 Gibraltar water supply 11 Eau Brink Cut Bridge, Norfolk 12 Port Talbot and CwmAvon 13 Viaducts on the Whitby to Loftus Railway 14 Muelle del Tinto, Huelva, Spain 15 Customs House piers, Lisbon 16 Woosung to Shanghai Railway, China 17 Guimarães Railway, Portugal 18 Llandudno Pier 19 London tramways 20 Douro Bridge tender, Porto, Portugal 21 Rebuilding the Solway Viaduct 22 Forth Railway Bridge tender 23 Rebuilding Hammersmith Suspension Bridge 24 Hawkesbury Bridge tender, Australia 25 Mining interests 26 Falkland Islands properties 27 Odds and Ends 28 Family and professional life Appendix: Engineering materials in the 19th century
