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Bridging the Eastern Cape – The Life and Work of Joseph Newey

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Bridging the Eastern Cape provides a detailed account of most of the stone arch and iron lattice girder bridges built during the second half of the nineteenth century and is packed with information and facts about a remarkable and little known English Civil Engineer and his legacy.

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Weight 500 g
Author

Dennis Walters
Publisher

Coral Tree Press, East London
ISBN Number

987-0-620-59478-3

Table of Contents Page
Preface 8
Introduction 10
Chapter 1 Black Country Origins 12-25
Chapter 2 Overseas Bridges 26-33
Chapter 3 The Mont Cenis Railway 34-39
Chapter 4 The Buffalo Bridge Works 40-45
Chapter 5 Committees Drift Bridge 46-51
Chapter 6 The Flood of December 1874 52-59
Chapter 7 The Great Kei Bridge 60-71
Chapter 8 Early Bridges on the Eastern Frontier 72-79
Chapter 9 The Kraai & Orange River Bridges 80-83
Chapter 10 District Inspector of Public Works 84-91
Chapter 11 Stone Arch & Iron Girder Bridges 92-107
Chapter 12 Chief Inspector of Public Works 108-115
Footnotes 116-128
Appendix 129-133
Index 134