SMEATON, John.

The Report of John Smeaton, Engineer, concerning the Drainage of the North Level of the Fens, and the Outfall of the Wisbeach River.

One large folding engraved chart. 24 pp. 4to, orig. blue wrappers. N.p: n.d. [but probably London: 1768]. First edition and rare. The first systematic attempt to drain the Fens, a silted-up bay of the North Sea, north of Cambridge, was made by the Romans. During the next 1500 years there were numerous other attempts at drainage and all were largely unsuccessful. One of Smeaton’s major civil engineering activities was to prepare schemes to drain the Fens. The present work describes his plan to drain the North Level by means of embankments and sluices. A detailed estimate of the costs is provided. Fine copy. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica. ❧ Skempton 1318.

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