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to another Canal , ' he wrote , “ 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 .
to another Canal , ' he wrote , “ 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 .
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If the Commissioners approved the memorialists were 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.
If the Commissioners approved the memorialists were 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.
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His ordinary manner to a stranger was that of a happy cheerful , clear - headed , upright man ; but a any attempt to impose on him , or any exhibition of meanness or unfair dealing , called forth expressions of stern indignation and ...
His ordinary manner to a stranger was that of a happy cheerful , clear - headed , upright man ; but a any attempt to impose on him , or any exhibition of meanness or unfair dealing , called forth expressions of stern indignation and ...
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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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