Abstract:The Royal Portbury Dock, Bristol F. IRWIN-CHILDS, W. J. SlVEWRlGHT 81 P. T. SHAW Messrs Irwin-Childs, Sivewright and Shaw Among the interesting features in the scheme not fully dealt with in the Paper are the unusually large mitre gates with their unique action which has enabled the range to be extended. The latest comparable examples of locks built in Europe and Russia are all reinforced concrete cantilever structures of conventional form and proportions, built in open excavation in the dry, with a concrete v… Show more
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