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It is said that he was employed on the Langholm Bridge built by Robin Hotson in 1775 and on various houses in what is known as Langholm New Town . It is , too , said that he soon showed an exceptional proficiency in stone - carving and ...
It is said that he was employed on the Langholm Bridge built by Robin Hotson in 1775 and on various houses in what is known as Langholm New Town . It is , too , said that he soon showed an exceptional proficiency in stone - carving and ...
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In 1803 Telford produced a revised plan , both for harbour and town . Grants were sanctioned and work was started in 1805 , being for the most part confined to the new ' Pulteney Town , ' and to a three arch stone bridge over the river ...
In 1803 Telford produced a revised plan , both for harbour and town . Grants were sanctioned and work was started in 1805 , being for the most part confined to the new ' Pulteney Town , ' and to a three arch stone bridge over the river ...
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... across the river Dee and up the town of Llangollen , including the Frankton Locks , and the aqueducts of Pontycysylte and Chirk , also that part which extends from the town of Ellesmere across the country to the town of Whitchurch ...
... across the river Dee and up the town of Llangollen , including the Frankton Locks , and the aqueducts of Pontycysylte and Chirk , also that part which extends from the town of Ellesmere across the country to the town of Whitchurch ...
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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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