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... Liverpool with water , by means of pipes , in the same manner as London is now supplied , this is a business of some magnitude , and we have some opposition to contend with - no less than the Corporation of Liverpool - thus ...
... Liverpool with water , by means of pipes , in the same manner as London is now supplied , this is a business of some magnitude , and we have some opposition to contend with - no less than the Corporation of Liverpool - thus ...
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... Liverpool in 1819 , William Laird , the founder of Birkenhead and of the ship- building firm of Cammell Laird , and John Askew , Harbour Master of the Port of Liverpool . It was then announced that docks were to be con- structed on that ...
... Liverpool in 1819 , William Laird , the founder of Birkenhead and of the ship- building firm of Cammell Laird , and John Askew , Harbour Master of the Port of Liverpool . It was then announced that docks were to be con- structed on that ...
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... Liverpool . The Mayor of Liverpool learnt of these intentions , and the Corporation as owners of the Port of Liverpool were seriously alarmed . They were , however , without any details of the rival scheme , and so were necessarily ...
... Liverpool . The Mayor of Liverpool learnt of these intentions , and the Corporation as owners of the Port of Liverpool were seriously alarmed . They were , however , without any details of the rival scheme , and so were necessarily ...
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Edinburgh at the beginning of the Twentieth Century I | 8 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
William Jessop Civil Engineer 17451814 | 32 |
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