Port Oriel: God's Own Dock or Abomination? The Shifting Value Systems of Civil Engineers

CHS The Construction History Society Fourth Conference and AGM, Queen's College, Cambridge, UK, 7-9 April 2017The history of maritime engineering typically concentrates on the development of significant ports, the evolution of technological advances, or the contribution of a singular individual. Rarely are small harbours, so prevalent on Irish and British coasts, studied seriously beyond the work of local historians, whose focus resides on the communities of these harbours.Irish Research Counci