Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1839-1907) drew on a distinguished
career in canal and river engineering for this illustrated
two-volume survey, here reissued in its enlarged 1896 second
edition. Having started as an assistant to the civil engineer John
Hawkshaw, Vernon-Harcourt was appointed resident engineer in 1866
for new works on London's East and West India docks. Later, as a
consulting engineer, he specialised in the design and construction
of harbours, docks, canals and river works, and he was elected
professor of civil engineering at University College London in
1882. This publication covers the design and construction of tidal
and flood defences, canals, locks, and irrigation works. Volume 1
covers the physical characteristics of rivers and estuaries, and
the control of their flow through dredging and works such as weirs
and breakwaters. Vernon-Harcourt also discusses the design of flood
defences. His Harbours and Docks (1885) is also reissued in this
series.
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