Main entry:

Public Works, Roads, and Transport Congress and Exhibition (1933 : London, England)

Title & Author:

Public Works, Roads and Transport Congress and Exhibition, 1933 : final report / reported by Thomas Hill & Co.

Publication:

London : Congress Organising Committee, 1933.

Description:

833 pages, [25] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Papers presented: Re-sewerage of Guildford / J.W. Hipwood -- Town building : L.C.C. Cottage Estates (post-war) / by Harold Berridge -- Laboratory tests and their correlation with full scale road experiments / by R.G.C. Batson -- Some factors involved in the mechanical testing of bituminous mixtures / by W.G. Adam and D.G. Murdoch -- Mechanical testing of bituminous road mixtures / by Prevost Hubbard -- Critical examination of bituminous road materials / by E. Neumann -- Mechanical testing of asphalt / by D.M. Wilson -- Mechanical tests and the modern highway / by D.C. Broome and A.R. Thomas -- Dry purification : some new methods for its control / by W.A. Currie -- Qualities of tars for use on roads / by W.E. Cone -- Lighting of arterial roads by gas / by A.M. Bell -- Specifications, in the light of tradition, experience and research / by B. Price Davies -- Productive saving of the unemployed through (1) allotments, (2) small holdings, linked by (3) national agricultural cooperation / by F.H. Osmond-Smith -- Rats and musk rats / by Martin A.C. Hinton -- Development of road bridges in Great Britain / by C.H. Bressey -- Design of superstructures for small bridges / by Haddon C. Adams -- Pooling of supplies by interconnection of water undertakings, regional grids and truck mains through rural areas / by Alan E.L. Chorlton -- Water pollution research / by A. Parker -- Financial management of municipal trading departments / by Sydney Larkin -- Fire fighting apparatus / by A.N.G. Firebrace -- Legal aspect of water supply for fire protection purposes / by John Hall -- Office efficiency in a highways department / by E. Tasker -- Control over highway expenditure / by P. Tait -- Some considerations affecting the economical reconstruction of rural roads / by D.G.R. Tiddy -- Recent developments in methods of sewage works analysis / by John T. Thompson -- Disposal of surplus activated sludge / by H.D. Bell -- Design and construction of municipal aerodromes / by T. Lloyd Roberts -- Present day conceptions of sewerage and sewage treatment / by Granville Berry -- Logical design of separate sludge digestion plant, and its effect upon other phases of sewage treatment / by A.S. Lowe -- Private street works / by A.O. Mitchell -- Vibration in roads and buildings / by C.H. Bradbury -- Vehicle design in relation to public cleansing / by J.E. Swindlehurst.
Library copy: stamp of the City of Capetown, City Engineer's Dept.

Subject:

Public works Great Britain Congresses.
Roads Great Britain Congresses.
Routes Grande-Bretagne Congrès.
Public works.
Roads.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.

Added entries:

Thomas Hill & Co.
Provenance. Cape Town (South Africa). City Engineer's Department. Stamp.

Final report

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287143
Call No.: BIB 227974
Status: Available