title: Dredging the Tyne: an institutional perspective on process management
abstract: The increase in the size of steam vessels, and consequent need for the considerable enlargement of navigation channels, meant the years at the turn of the 19-20th centuries were of pivotal importance in harbour construction. This paper draws on the surviving archives for the Tyne estuary in north-east England in illustrating the inter-relatedness of both the physical and political processes, by which such adaptation and improvement were achieved.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (Natural Encironment Research Council), Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK.
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheail