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Bridge building continued . In the autumn of 1800 he wrote : ' We have had a remarkable dry Summer and Autumn . ' ' The dry Season has been against the working upon Canals , but it has enabled us to raise Bewdley Bridge , as by ...
Bridge building continued . In the autumn of 1800 he wrote : ' We have had a remarkable dry Summer and Autumn . ' ' The dry Season has been against the working upon Canals , but it has enabled us to raise Bewdley Bridge , as by ...
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The condition of the Irish route continued deplorable . It is picturesquely described by Sir David Brewster : * Previous to 1815 , ' he says , ' the sailing packets which plied between Dublin and Holyhead were often tossed for several ...
The condition of the Irish route continued deplorable . It is picturesquely described by Sir David Brewster : * Previous to 1815 , ' he says , ' the sailing packets which plied between Dublin and Holyhead were often tossed for several ...
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Rickman in Easton's charge * continued his tour . The remainder of his long account need not be repeated . The days of his almost superhuman physical activity and endurance were clearly over , but at least Telford's mental output ...
Rickman in Easton's charge * continued his tour . The remainder of his long account need not be repeated . The days of his almost superhuman physical activity and endurance were clearly over , but at least Telford's mental output ...
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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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