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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



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room. It is rcmaiUalilc that she is al)out the same length over all as the 

 Liverpool, (23.') feet,) and tliat her priiieijial eahin will also be about the same 

 length (75 feet.) She has, however, six feet more beam than (hat favonrite 

 vessel, whieh, it is considered, will give her. considerable advantages. The 

 cabin, not yet titled up, is under the poop, the floor of which is continuous 

 with the main deck, which is thus " flush " fore and aft — a great desideratum 

 as icgards the strength of a vessel. She has seventeen window ports on each 

 siile to light the state rooms. Prizes are ofl'ered by the owners for the best 

 plans of the cabins. She has a small top-gallant forecastle, and will have 

 gangways and a spur deck, in the style of a frigate : she is what is termed a 

 " solid " vessel, being |)lauked up to the gunnel, whieh is of considerable 

 height, and will render her unusually comfortable as a sea-going ship. The 

 working part of the vessel will, from her construction, be tpiite a]iart from 

 the cabins, and this will be auothcr convenience. Her engines are now in 

 comse of coastruetion, at the celebrated manufactory of Messrs. I'awcett and 

 Prestou, aud will be of a superior description. Some idea may he fomied of 

 the strength of the frame work to which the engine will be more inmie- 

 diately attached, from the fact that the ])addle beam is of solid African oak, 

 22 inches square. It is expected that she will be ready for launching in 

 about a month, but may not perhaps be placed in ber destined element until 

 early in tlie spring. The carpentry of the New York, which will bear the 

 minute ins]iection of the most fastidious and seicntifie, is highly creditable to 

 Messrs. \Vilson ; and we doubt not but that when she is placed on the station 

 from which she derives licr name, she will become a favourite transatlantic 

 steamer, and, we hope, a profitable speculation to the enterprising company 

 to which she belongs. — Liverpool Mercnnj. 



Marine Steam-cnyine Boilers. — M. Couste proposes to adapt au apparatus 

 to the boilers of marine engines supplied with salt water, by which the crys- 

 tals of common salt are removed as fast as they are depositeil on the heated 

 surfaces of the inside of the boder ; and he hopes, by his invention, to avoid 

 the loss of heat wliieh is occasioned Ijy the ])rocess at present employed for 

 getting rid of the salt, in blowing ofl' a cpiantlty of the hot satm'ated solution 

 at stated intervals. — Athetufam. 



ENGINEERING 'WOKKS. 



Soiitliumplon Doclis. — The interest excited in the public miud by the pro- 

 gress of tliesc Works is very great ; nund)ers, both of ;he inhabitants and 

 strangers, are conlinually visiting the beach to view the active and bustling 

 scone ; the work is carried on uitli spirit, and during every moment the tides 

 permit, and at the low water of the night tide, there may uou be seen nearly 

 200 men working by the light of bet« ecu 20 and 30 tires, which has a singular 

 and interesting elTccl. We understand that in embanking, pile driving, quar- 

 rying, Ste., the contractors are paying upwards of 230 men. and are willing to 

 employ many more able hands if Ibry should utter; in tact, they seem deter- 

 mined to spare neither money nor personal exertions in expediting the work, 

 and endeavouring to realize the anticipations of the supporters and friends of 

 this great undertaking. They have our best wishes for their success.— i/«my)- 

 shire paper. 



Opening of ihc Manchester and Siilford Junction Canal. — This important link 

 in the chain of water communication was made available to the piiblic on 

 Jlonday, the 4th nit. By means of this canal, which connects the Rochdale 

 Canal with the Mersey and Irwoll Navigation, near the Old Quay, all the 

 navigations of Ynrksliire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Uc, will have 

 a direct communication with the Bolton and Bury Canal, with the additional 

 advantage of using the Mersey and Iru ell Navigation (« hieh is deeper, wider, 

 and several miles shorter than any other line.) to M'arrington, St. Helen's, 

 Kinicorn, Liveriiool. Sec. The .Junction Canal has the advantage of double 

 locks, whieh will considerably facilitate the passing of vessels from the Roch- 

 dale Canal, thereby avoiding an inconvenience whieh has hitherto caused 

 serious delay. The tunnel, which is .-hnrt. is well lighted with gas every 20 

 yards; there is alto a towing path the whole length, and, for the conveni- 

 ence of vessels using this line, men will be in readiness, if required, for tlie 

 purpose of hauling them, and assisting them through the lucks, for which a 

 small charge will be made. The ceremonies connected with the opening, we 

 understand, passed off in the most satisfactory manner. — Manchester Adver- 

 tiser. 



Siisse.t. — During the summer, a great improvement has been effected at 

 Bines Bridge, on the Horsham and Steyning turnpike road, under the super- 

 intendence of Mr. Jesse Heath, surveyor to the trust. The approaches have 

 been rais:"d nearly to a level with the crown of the bridge, and it is antici- 

 pated that Ibe heaviest floods will not reach the surface of the road, w bercas 

 they funuerly reuilered it utterly impassable. It is, however, fearful that the 

 waierway (only 2'1 feet) through the n-w embankment, will not be found 

 sutficieiit.— 7f. S. 



PROGRESS OF RAILWAVS. 



London and Brii/hton Kaihrot/. — The Shoreham Branch of the London and 

 Brighton Uailway is now advanced within three quarters of a mile of Shore- 

 ham, and the work is proceeding with great dispatch. At the Brighton end 

 the permanent rails are laid down to the entrance of the tunnel ; the tunnel 

 itself is completed, and we are authorised to state that the engine will make 

 her first journey through it, weather pcriuitting, on Mgiulay ue.\t, — Brighton 

 Gasede, Thursday, 21st wit. 



Stockport Viaduct. Manchester and Lceih Raihrai/. — Eight of the twenty- 

 two centres for the arches of this stupendous undertaking being now formed, 

 and five of them being turned and completed, the work of striking the cen- 

 tres has been commenced, in order that the timber may be made available 

 for the continuation of the viadnct, as the arch over Heaton Lane (the 9th) 

 will be formed from the timber of the first princip.al arch. The first stone 

 of the pier of the river .arch (the 12th) on the Cheshire side is expected to 

 be laid next week — that on the Lancashire side being nearly completed. — 

 Manchester Guardian. 



Great Jf'cstern Railway.— 1\\i works on this line near Chippenham, are 

 advancing rapidly, and the line in progress now- extends from the mouth of 

 the Box Tunnel at Pockeridge nearly to Christian Malford. The changes in 

 the height and level of the country, cause, in this cbstance, every possible 

 change in the form of the line, from embankments of 60 feet to cuttings of 

 so great a depth. — Bristol Jnurnal. 



Bristol and Exeter Railway. — The confraet for building the two stone 

 bridges near Pile Hill, for this railway, has been taken by Messrs. Richard 

 and George Hill, masons, Temple-street, Bristol. Tliis wUl complete the 

 masonry between Bristol and Bridgewater ; and as the tenders are now ad- 

 vertised for laying the permanent rails, the time cannot be far distant when 

 tliis part of the line wiU be opened to the public. — Bath and Cheltenham 

 Gazette. 



Eastern Counties Railway. — Two iron bridges have, witliin the last few 

 days, been thrown over two roads at the Loudon end of the railway ; one 

 over the Globe road, and the other over Hand-street. It is now said that 

 the hue will be opened to Brick-lane, near Mbitechapel church, about Christ- 

 mas. Some alarm was created on Friday evening, in consequence of the 

 non-arrival of the train from Romford for half an hour after its time. The 

 delay was occasioned, it ajipears, by a failure in a new engine ; but beyond 

 the loss of time no accident oecurred. A settlement has taken place, it 

 seems, in the new bridge over Dog-lane, Romford, wliicli will render it neces- 

 sary to rebuild a portion of it. — Chelmsford Chronicle. 



NE-W CHURCHES, 6tc. 



.ft/ssc.r.— The now Chapel of ease, in St. Leonard's Forest, in the parish of 

 Lower Beeding, was consecrated on the 10th of October. It is a neat, plain, 

 building in the early Knglisli style, (of about the 13'h century) which is well 

 suited to the locality. It contains somewhat upwards of 200 sittings. It is 

 due to the good taste of the Dowager Marchioness of Northampton and 

 Lady Klizabeth Dickens, that the trees on the south side of the chapel have 

 been cleared aw ay, so as to afford a more picturesque view from the Brighton 

 road, distant about half a mile. — The new Church at Plummer's plain in tlie 

 same parish, and the parsonage house, ara approaching completion, and will, 

 w hen finished, aft'ord some of the best specimens of work in our native sand- 

 stone.— fl. S. 



Jlnrsliam. — The ground is staked out for ihe erection of flic new Chapel of 

 ease in this town. The stone-pit which has been opened near the spot turns 

 out favourably, blocks being now procured from two tons downwards. — R. S. 



Greenock. — A new Church is erecting in Greenock in the Italian style. 

 Height of the spire 180 feet, estimate about £7000. Mr. David Cousin, 

 of Edinburgh, is the architect. 



Leeds. — The parish Church of this town is slated, and the lower carried up 

 to the under si(le of the clock dial, about 70 feet. It is entirely built of sand- 

 stone, in the Gothic style of the latter end of the Hth century, or transition 

 from decorated to perpendicular ; the nave and chancel are thrown open, 

 and are 28 feet wiile in the clear, 47 feet high, and 160 feet long together. 

 Near the centre is a transept 22 feet w ide, terminating with a north transept 

 tower lacing the street; the side aisles are 16 feet wide and 3j feet high, ex- 

 lending from east to west, and an additional north aisle forms ante chapels 

 east and west of Ibe tower; the plan is ihat of the old church, which was 

 taken down last year. The altar will be raised five feet above the floor of the 

 body, rising in three fhghts of steps; the wlnde breadlh of the church is 

 about Go feet, or including the anle-chapels, 83 feet. The tower is 27 feet 

 square, and 130 feet high. It is richly pmelled, and the wreathings over the 

 H indows are canopied and crocketted. The total cost, w armed and fitted up 

 with gas and all necessary furniture, will be about £19,650. Architect, R. 

 Dennis Chantrell, RR.l.B.A. 



Yorlshire.—A new church is about to be built at Middleton, near Leeds, 

 of stone found on the spot, to accommodate 500 persons. It is a plain 

 Flemish country church in form, and will have a go:)d effect and character 

 at a distance. The windows are plain lancet, and it has a square tower i\ith 

 slielvings, and an octagon spire. Total cost about 800/. R. Dennis Chantrell, 

 Architect. 



I'or/.sA/re.— Poole Chapel, near Otley, lias been taken dow n and enlarged. 

 The old building contained 100 sittings, the new building 200 sitlings. It has 

 lancet coupled windows, buttresses, square tower and spire, and cost 340/. 

 It is built of branched sandstone from Otley Chevin Side, (millstone gTit], and 

 is covered with slate.— R. Dennis, Ch uitiell. Architect. 



Manchester.— On t'riday, Oct. 24, the first stone Has laid of a new church, 

 which is about to be erected Ijy subscription, in Every Street, Great Ancoats, 

 in Ihe centre of one of the most densely populated districts in Ibe to»n. 

 'the building will be a very neat edifice in the Norman style. The sutiserip- 

 lUiU amounts to £2.000, and is rapidly increasing. It is intended that this 

 edifice shall accommodate about 1500 I'etBOUs ; one ihird of the sitlings are 



o be free. 



