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I consider the leading features of the Plan by which these great objects may be accomplished to consist of the forming a complete Inland Navigation ( fit to receive vessels of all Burthens ) from Loch Beauley to Loch Eil , and adjacent ...
I consider the leading features of the Plan by which these great objects may be accomplished to consist of the forming a complete Inland Navigation ( fit to receive vessels of all Burthens ) from Loch Beauley to Loch Eil , and adjacent ...
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His report advising works estimated to cost £ 1,177,840 was submitted on 17th February , 1834 , and the disputes on the question were still going on when he died seven and a half months later . a RIVER NAVIGATION AND FEN DRAINAGE WORKS ...
His report advising works estimated to cost £ 1,177,840 was submitted on 17th February , 1834 , and the disputes on the question were still going on when he died seven and a half months later . a RIVER NAVIGATION AND FEN DRAINAGE WORKS ...
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River Weaver Navigation Trustees . 1809-30 . Minutes of the Old Quay Committee , Mersey and Irwell Navigation . 1822-29 . Ellesmere Canal Navigation , 1793-1832 ( now in possession of the L.M.S. Railway ) .
River Weaver Navigation Trustees . 1809-30 . Minutes of the Old Quay Committee , Mersey and Irwell Navigation . 1822-29 . Ellesmere Canal Navigation , 1793-1832 ( now in possession of the L.M.S. Railway ) .
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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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