06-05-2009, 02:39 PM
When we look at the fort of Segedunum there was the Swan Hunters Shipyard below the fort towards the river, what Raymond Selkirk did find when he explored archieves about river dredging in earlier times there were masses of stonework removed from the river in this area. This is where he tended to consider if indeed a dam had crossed the river at this point and if the dredging work had any connection with it's removal for slipways and drydocks of earlier ship building here.
What he also began to find with much of the dam evidence was that most of these structures are upsteam of the roman bridges, which shows a very good indication of water engineering at it's best where these dams take the flow pressure off the bridge piers.
What he also began to find with much of the dam evidence was that most of these structures are upsteam of the roman bridges, which shows a very good indication of water engineering at it's best where these dams take the flow pressure off the bridge piers.
Brian Stobbs
