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020			_a9781107279971 (ebook)
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050		4	_aTC978.G72 _bF46 2015
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100	1		_aWells, Samuel, _cEsq., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe history of the drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level. _nVolume 1 / _cSamuel Wells.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_a1 online resource (xxii, 832 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Technology
500			_aOriginally published: London : R. Pheney, 1830.
520			_aMuch of eastern England is below sea level, resulting in wide swathes of marshland that are easily flooded. In the seventeenth century, the Bedford Level Corporation was set up by Francis Russell, fourth earl of Bedford, in order to manage the drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, which became known as the Bedford Level and is the largest region of fenland in eastern England. Between 1828 and 1830, Samuel Wells, the corporation's registrar, published his well-documented history of the Bedford Level and the attempts made at various points to clear it of water using a variety of methods, from earthworks raised by the Romans to the strategies of Sir Cornelius Vermuyden and the eventual introduction of steam-powered technology. Volume 1, published in 1830, contains a historical account of the area and of the commission set up to address the perennial problem of flooding.
651		0	_aBedford Level (England) _xHistory.
650		0	_aDrainage _zEngland _zFens, The _xHistory.
650		0	_aReclamation of land _zEngland _zFens, The _xHistory.
610	2	0	_aBedford Level Corporation.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108070317
830		0	_aCambridge library collection.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107279971
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