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Page 31
... called the Shrewsbury Canal . It reaches from the Town of Shrewsbury to the Coallierries in the neighbourhood of the Wrekin , at a place called Ketley , where there are likewise great Iron Works . There has of course been a good deal of ...
... called the Shrewsbury Canal . It reaches from the Town of Shrewsbury to the Coallierries in the neighbourhood of the Wrekin , at a place called Ketley , where there are likewise great Iron Works . There has of course been a good deal of ...
Page 84
... called on to deposit half the expense in the Bank of Scotland . 4. Telford prepared detailed working drawings and specifications and laid out the line of the road . 5. Tenders were then called for and forwarded to the Commissioners ...
... called on to deposit half the expense in the Bank of Scotland . 4. Telford prepared detailed working drawings and specifications and laid out the line of the road . 5. Tenders were then called for and forwarded to the Commissioners ...
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... called forth expressions of stern indignation and severe invective . ' 18 Even Von Platen , when his guest , once drew on his head an unexpected storm by referring to the high wages that it was necessary to pay the English and Scottish ...
... called forth expressions of stern indignation and severe invective . ' 18 Even Von Platen , when his guest , once drew on his head an unexpected storm by referring to the high wages that it was necessary to pay the English and Scottish ...
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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