hi,
A few of the interesting articles written about the Dam were by Major (later Colonel) John
Pennycuick, considered the "Chief Engineer" of the Dam. He wrote about his for
the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1897. The edition can be found here.[1] The edition
contains chapters on the "Diversion of the Periyar" and "The Periyar
Tunnel" followed by discussion and correspondences on the same. I really wish we did
more stuff like this in 2011, but that is a different discussion.
Interestingly, these articles - dated to 1897 (!!!) are pay-walled. Each of the article I
mentioned above costs GBP 18!
Help is needed on trying to get these articles so that they can inform the Wikipedia
article now under Collaboration of the Month. I am hoping to write to the UK Wikimedia
Chapter and the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK to see if copies of these can be
obtained. Does anyone on-list see any possibility of getting a copy otherwise?
warm regards,
User:Prad2609
[1] -
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/issue/imotp/128/1897