Buch, Englisch, 860 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1369 g
Buch, Englisch, 860 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1369 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
ISBN: 978-1-108-07031-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Much of eastern England is below sea level, resulting in wide swathes of marshland that are easily flooded. In the seventeenth century, the Bedford Level Corporation was set up by Francis Russell, fourth earl of Bedford, in order to manage the drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, which became known as the Bedford Level and is the largest region of fenland in eastern England. Between 1828 and 1830, Samuel Wells, the corporation's registrar, published his well-documented history of the Bedford Level and the attempts made at various points to clear it of water using a variety of methods, from earthworks raised by the Romans to the strategies of Sir Cornelius Vermuyden and the eventual introduction of steam-powered technology. Volume 1, published in 1830, contains a historical account of the area and of the commission set up to address the perennial problem of flooding.
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Preface; 1. The Great Level; 2. Causes of inundation; 3. Original state of the Great Level; 4. State of the Great Level from the Conquest to the Reformation; 5. State of the Great Level during the reign of Queen Elizabeth; 6. State of the Great Level under Charles I; 7. Oliver Cromwell; 8. State of the Great Level under the Commonwealth; 9. Division of the Great Level; 10. State of the South Level; 11. Petitions; 12. State of the Great Level under the Protectorate continued; 13. Causes of the restoration; 14. Continued exertions of William Earl of Bedford; 15. Phenomena of the Fens; 16. Boundary of the Bedford Level; 17. Officers of the corporation; 18. General commissions of sewers; 19. Registration of deeds; 20. Parliamentary proceedings; 21. Particulars of the 95,000 acres of Adventurers' lands; 22. Division of the Three Levels; 23. The Middle Level; 24. The South Level, and its boundary; 25. The port of Lynn; Index.
