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... ships using the English Channel , was a strong argument in favour of having a safe passage through the Great Glen ... ship which sailed * Letters from Watt to Dr. Small , 29th September , 1793 , and March 1794 . JOHN RICKMAN , F.R.S. ...
... ships using the English Channel , was a strong argument in favour of having a safe passage through the Great Glen ... ship which sailed * Letters from Watt to Dr. Small , 29th September , 1793 , and March 1794 . JOHN RICKMAN , F.R.S. ...
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... 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 side of the river , but for some time nothing more was done . In 1825 ...
... 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 side of the river , but for some time nothing more was done . In 1825 ...
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... Ship Canal was a revival of an old idea . As far back as 1769 Whitworth had surveyed a line for a barge canal . In 1810 , Rennie submitted plans for a small ship canal to cost £ 1,350,000 ; and a proposal for one of only three feet six ...
... Ship Canal was a revival of an old idea . As far back as 1769 Whitworth had surveyed a line for a barge canal . In 1810 , Rennie submitted plans for a small ship canal to cost £ 1,350,000 ; and a proposal for one of only three feet six ...
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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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