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23 The Severn at Buildwas carried a busy boat traffic and Telford ( by this time already engaged on Canal Works ) had himself been improving the navigation between Bewdley and Coalbrookdale . For this reason , and because of the ...
23 The Severn at Buildwas carried a busy boat traffic and Telford ( by this time already engaged on Canal Works ) had himself been improving the navigation between Bewdley and Coalbrookdale . For this reason , and because of the ...
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It ran through the counties of Armagh , Monaghan and Fermanagh , and was 46 miles long £ 120,000 £ 933,500 As already mentioned , the extent of Telford's concern varied considerably . In some , such as the Ulster Canal with which he was ...
It ran through the counties of Armagh , Monaghan and Fermanagh , and was 46 miles long £ 120,000 £ 933,500 As already mentioned , the extent of Telford's concern varied considerably . In some , such as the Ulster Canal with which he was ...
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He advocated an extension of a scheme which was then 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 ...
He advocated an extension of a scheme which was then 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 ...
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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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