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Telford , Architect ' ; and later he was duly 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 ...
Telford , Architect ' ; and later he was duly 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 ...
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firmed my appointment as general Agent . ... 2 At the same time William Jessop was appointed what would now be called consulting engineer to the project ; and so began a connection between Telford and Jessop that lasted a quarter of a ...
firmed my appointment as general Agent . ... 2 At the same time William Jessop was appointed what would now be called consulting engineer to the project ; and so began a connection between Telford and Jessop that lasted a quarter of a ...
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In 1801-2 , Rennie and Captain Joseph Huddart * had been 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 ...
In 1801-2 , Rennie and Captain Joseph Huddart * had been 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 ...
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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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