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... Death of James Brindley . 1780. Worked as a mason in Edinburgh . 1782. Went to London . Worked as a mason on Somerset House . 1784. Superintendent on the building of the Commissioners House , Portsmouth Dockyard . 1788. Appointed ...
... Death of James Brindley . 1780. Worked as a mason in Edinburgh . 1782. Went to London . Worked as a mason on Somerset House . 1784. Superintendent on the building of the Commissioners House , Portsmouth Dockyard . 1788. Appointed ...
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... death un- successfully sought to set aside his will , which completely ignored them . But in spite of such occasional irritation and his own pre - occupations Telford did really set much store by the maintenance of the old connection ...
... death un- successfully sought to set aside his will , which completely ignored them . But in spite of such occasional irritation and his own pre - occupations Telford did really set much store by the maintenance of the old connection ...
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... death of poor Duncombe has been quoted . As against it , may be set a letter from another old Caledonian Canal man to Rickman after Telford's death : ' I am aware , ' he said , that it would be utterly presumptuous in me to hazard any ...
... death of poor Duncombe has been quoted . As against it , may be set a letter from another old Caledonian Canal man to Rickman after Telford's death : ' I am aware , ' he said , that it would be utterly presumptuous in me to hazard any ...
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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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