The ups and downs of a lockkeeper [[electronic resource] /] / Jake Kavanagh

• Autore: Kavanagh Jake
• Pubblicazione: London, : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (103 p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 627.13520207
• Soggetto topico: Locks (Hydraulic engineering); Boats and boating; Technology; Mechanical Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Hydraulic Engineering
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Originally published: 1991.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover -- Half title -- Also by Jake Kavanagh -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Lock us up -- 2. Weir'd happenings -- 3. Spring is sprung -- 4. A helping hand -- 5. The Professionals -- 6. The Boaters -- 7. Things that go bump in the lock -- 8. Falling in -- 9. Hooray for Henley -- 10. Winter -- Advert -- Back cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: A light-hearted look at the lockkeeper's job, be it a rural little lock on the canals, or an ultra-modern affair at a huge marina. Jake Kavanagh presents a humorous survey, in cartoons and anecdotes, of the scrapes people get into when trying to use locks.
• Titolo autorizzato: The ups and downs of a lockkeeper
• ISBN: 1-4729-0161-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463186803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II