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... already engaged on Canal Works ) had himself been improving the navigation be- tween Bewdley and Coalbrookdale . For this reason , and because of the necessity of allowing for very heavy floods , and also to meet some of the ...
... already engaged on Canal Works ) had himself been improving the navigation be- tween Bewdley and Coalbrookdale . For this reason , and because of the necessity of allowing for very heavy floods , and also to meet some of the ...
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... already mentioned , the extent of Telford's con- cern varied considerably . In some , such as the Ulster Canal with which he was already involved before the application to the Commissioners , he had complete control , and one of his ...
... already mentioned , the extent of Telford's con- cern varied considerably . In some , such as the Ulster Canal with which he was already involved before the application to the Commissioners , he had complete control , and one of his ...
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... already being tried , namely , the construction of a 30 - foot tunnel from the basin and reservoir in the inner harbour to the mouth of the harbour at the pier head and so direct a much larger and more widely spread volume of water on ...
... already being tried , namely , the construction of a 30 - foot tunnel from the basin and reservoir in the inner harbour to the mouth of the harbour at the pier head and so direct a much larger and more widely spread volume of water on ...
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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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