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The Hydraulics Research Station (HRS) was created by the UK Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1947.〔Hydraulics Research in Great Britain: Work of the Hydraulics Research Organization Allen, F. H. Nature, Volume 178, Issue 4546, pp. 1322-1323 (1956)〕 The Research Station was based in Wallingford, near Oxford. It was established to deal with “looser boundary” problems such as coastal erosion, flood protection and the silting and scouring of rivers, estuaries and harbours. The Hydraulics Research Station was housed at Howbery Park as a government establishment until 1982, when it was privatised from the Department of the Environment (DoE) to become Hydraulics Research Station Limited. It is now known as (HR Wallingford ). During its existence, HRS contributed to advance hydraulics research. It also worked on water-related projects in the UK and around the world. ==Brief history== 1945 - The Institution of Civil Engineers submitted a proposal to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on the need for a hydraulics research station in the UK. 1947 – DSIR Hydraulic Research Organisation formed in London 1951 – Hydraulics Research Station established in Wallingford 1965 – Re-organisation into Ministry of Technology. Hydrological Research Unit transferred to the Natural Environment Research Council and later to become Institute of Hydrology and then Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 1971 – Transfer to the Department of the Environment (DoE) 1982 – Privatisation to create Hydraulics Research Station Limited - a company limited by guarantee. 1983 – Hydraulics Research Limited 1991 - HR Wallingford Limited 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hydraulics Research Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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