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Fox, Francis.
Viaduct over the River Esk at Whitby, and the Embankments and Culverts in the Ravines.
Publisher: Published by the Institution [of Civil Engineers], London;
Date of Publication: 1886
Stock Code: 14316
Octavo, pp., 11 [1], plus folding diagram of the viaduct to end, and further figures and diagrams within text. Original publisher’s blue cloth, titled in gilt to upper board, blind rules and borders to boards. Ownership inscription of a contemporary Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers to title-page. Slight spot of soiling to lower board. Contents clean, bright, and fresh. A near-fine copy. Sir Francis Fox (1844-1927) was a civil engineer who wrote extensively on the subject. This volume, taken from a paper given by Fox to his fellow engineers, concerns the Larpool Viaduct at Whitby, constructed in 1885 to carry the Scarborough & Whitby Railway over the River Esk. £180.00