SZ/CSA/185 - [CSA. C.D. de F. Hedges - Co-ordination of sea and land transport]
Reference code
SZ/CSA/185
Level of description
File
Title
[CSA. C.D. de F. Hedges - Co-ordination of sea and land transport]
Date/s
1960-1970
Quantity & Format
22 items Mixed
Personal name
Hedges, Charles Derek deFranca
Subject
Shipping
Transport
Cargo handling
Docks
Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
Fenders for docks, piers, etc.
Harbours
Transport
Cargo handling
Docks
Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
Fenders for docks, piers, etc.
Harbours
Scope and content
Contains mainly correspondence relating to Hedges' innovation of a "shipsafe double lock". This system would obviate the necessity for a ship to waste hours while waiting for a suitable state of tide to lock inwards or outwards. Hedges was also concerned with the design of ports and harbours and how this affects efficiency in cargo handling. Connecting road and rail links are also examined since they have a bearing on total transport time. Lord Mountbatten approaches SZ for advice on Hedges' ideas. SZ is willing to pursue the matter but he fears that difficulties will lie in finding someone to pay for the tests which need to be carried out.
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
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SZ/CSA - [Chief Scientific Adviser's papers]
- SZ/CSA/185 - [CSA. C.D. de F. Hedges - Co-ordination of sea and land transport]
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SZ/CSA - [Chief Scientific Adviser's papers]
- SZ/CSA/185/1 - [Letter, C.D. deF. Hedges to Lord Mountbatten, 3/4/69]
- SZ/CSA/185/2 - [Note, W.E. Warwick comments on the Queen Elizabeth 2, 28/5/69]
- SZ/CSA/185/3 - 'Shipsafe double lock' [undated]
- SZ/CSA/185/4 - 'Shipsafe' fendring system [undated]
- SZ/CSA/185/5 - [Letter, James Orr to C.D. Hedges, 6/6/69]
- SZ/CSA/185/6 - [Letter, SZ to Fergus Allen, 20/6/69]
- SZ/CSA/185/7 - Co-ordination of sea & land transport [undated]
- SZ/CSA/185/8-9 - [Letter, F.H. Allen to SZ, 9/7/69]
- SZ/CSA/185/10-11 - [Letter, Glyn Owen to C.D. Hedges, 5/8/69]
- SZ/CSA/185/12 - [Letter, C.D. Hedges to G. Owen, 28/1/70]
- SZ/CSA/185/13 - [Letter, C.D. Hedges to Captain C. Denman, 28/1/70]
- SZ/CSA/185/14 - [Letter, C.D. Hedges to C. Denman, 29/1/70]
- SZ/CSA/185/15 - [Letter, Lord Mountbatten to SZ, 3/2/70]
- SZ/CSA/185/16 - [Letter, C.D. Hedges to Lord Mountbatten, 29/1/70]
- SZ/CSA/185/18 - [Shipsafe Fender - Drawings, undated]
- SZ/CSA/185/19 - [Letter, Lord Mountbatten to C.D. Hedges, 3/2/70]
- SZ/CSA/185/20 - [Letter, SZ to Lord Mountbatten, 5/2/70]
- SZ/CSA/185/21 - [Letter, M.C. Denmanj to C.D. Hedges, 19/3/70]
- SZ/CSA/185/22 - [Letter, W.G. Perry to Lord Mountbatten, 18/3/70]