Page:Walker (1888) The Severn Tunnel.djvu/27

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
View of Portskewett Pier, with the Tunnel Works in the distance 66
Plan of Methods of Timbering Headings 80
‘Breaking up’ from the Heading 82
Break-up Length with Centres 84
Timbering for Tunnel in Soft Ground 86
Section showing Method of Sinking 29-foot Shaft and Curbs 88
View of Sir John Hawkshaw inspecting the Works, and at Work in the Tunnel 102
Plan of the Infirmary at Sudbrook 106
the New Mission Hall, Sudbrook 108
View of Sudbrook 118
Plan of Sudbrook in 1882 118
Cavity, Headwall, and all Headings near the ‘Big Spring’ 124
View of the Temporary Engine-Houses at Sudbrook 130
the Permanent Engine-Houses at Sudbrook 130
Men in Boat sawing the Timber 132
Flooded Cutting 134
Plan of the Temporary Pumping-Engines for the Great Spring and Pumps in the Tunnel 138
Elevation of Temporary Engine-Houses for the Great Spring 140
View of the Fever Hospital at Sudbrook 142
Plan of the Fever Hospital at Sudbrook 142
Side-Heading to the Great Spring 146
Fissure and all Headings at Great Spring 148
Sudbrook in 1884 150
Progress Sections for the Years 1881-4 151