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Was as such made secretary to the Highland Roads and Bridges Commissioners and to the Caledonian Canal Commissioners . He became Telford's intimate friend and edited his Life . He was the close friend of Southey , Coleridge and Lamb .
Was as such made secretary to the Highland Roads and Bridges Commissioners and to the Caledonian Canal Commissioners . He became Telford's intimate friend and edited his Life . He was the close friend of Southey , Coleridge and Lamb .
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If the Commissioners approved the memorialists were called on to deposit half the expense in the Bank of Scotland . 4. Telford prepared detailed working drawings and specifications and laid out the line of the road . 5.
If the Commissioners approved the memorialists were called on to deposit half the expense in the Bank of Scotland . 4. Telford prepared detailed working drawings and specifications and laid out the line of the road . 5.
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... I hope the Commissioners will admit it as a mistaken zeal and to the difficulty of getting an entirely new business of this nature brought into the form which it is both proper and necessary it should be carried on in .
... I hope the Commissioners will admit it as a mistaken zeal and to the difficulty of getting an entirely new business of this nature brought into the form which it is both proper and necessary it should be carried on in .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Edinburgh at the beginning of the Twentieth Century I | 8 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
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| Title | The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
| Author | Sir Alexander Gibb |
| Publisher | A. Maclehose & Company, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jan 2006 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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