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... appointed to it , married in June 1784 and one may assume that the alterations were in anticipation of that event . Alison was much taken with Telford , and his son , the historian of Modern Europe , relates in his autobiography that ...
... appointed to it , married in June 1784 and one may assume that the alterations were in anticipation of that event . Alison was much taken with Telford , and his son , the historian of Modern Europe , relates in his autobiography that ...
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... appointed General Agent , Surveyor , Engineer , Architect and Overlooker to the Ellesmere Canal , on a salary of £ 500 a year , out of which he was to keep his own clerk and confidential foreman , and to meet his own expenses . He had ...
... appointed General Agent , Surveyor , Engineer , Architect and Overlooker to the Ellesmere Canal , on a salary of £ 500 a year , out of which he was to keep his own clerk and confidential foreman , and to meet his own expenses . He had ...
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... appointed , at the instance of Charles Abbot , later the Speaker of the House of Commons , to report on the most suitable route and packet stations , and after considering the alternatives , they recommended Holyhead and Howth . Six ...
... appointed , at the instance of Charles Abbot , later the Speaker of the House of Commons , to report on the most suitable route and packet stations , and after considering the alternatives , they recommended Holyhead and Howth . Six ...
Contents
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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