Excerpt from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. 31: With Abstracts of the Discussions; Session 1870-71 Part I In pursuance of these considerations, a plan (plate 1) was pre pared and submitted to the Engineer, who, however, after having examined it, decided that the outer face of the dam Should not be more than 15 feet from the foundation trench, and that the piles and puddle should reach to the clay. The plan was at once modified to suit these conditions, and the work was begun. The Temple steamboat pier, in length 470 feet, is the most important work in this section of the Embankment, and comprises as much granite, brickwork, and concrete as the remaining feet of river wall. It was therefore essential to lay its foundation dry as soon as possible, and it was determined to construct, in the first place, a short dam at each end of the pier. Each of these dams completely enclosed a short length of the river wall, and served as an abutment for the large dam in front of the Temple pier, and for the earth filling, which reached back to the shore, and cut off the water from behind the foundation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.