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The tractive power being by horses , the railroad was laid out with the least possible inclination , the worst being at the rate of 45 feet per mile , or about 1 in 117. The total length of railroad was 125 miles and it was to rise in ...
The tractive power being by horses , the railroad was laid out with the least possible inclination , the worst being at the rate of 45 feet per mile , or about 1 in 117. The total length of railroad was 125 miles and it was to rise in ...
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GLASGOW - CARLISLE ROAD , 93 miles . Holyhead Roads . First Survey of North Wales Roads . Chester to Corwen Survey , 291 miles . Shrewsbury to Bangor , 85 miles . Bangor to Chester , 63 miles . Anglesea , 20 miles . 1810 . 1810 .
GLASGOW - CARLISLE ROAD , 93 miles . Holyhead Roads . First Survey of North Wales Roads . Chester to Corwen Survey , 291 miles . Shrewsbury to Bangor , 85 miles . Bangor to Chester , 63 miles . Anglesea , 20 miles . 1810 . 1810 .
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London to Shrewsbury , 217 miles . Stanley Sands Embankment . Howth to Dublin , 8 miles . 1819 . STIRLING ROAD . 1820-23 . LANARKSHIRE ROADS , 65 miles . Great North Road Surveys . 1820 . Hexham Line , 145 miles , Yorkshire and Scotland ...
London to Shrewsbury , 217 miles . Stanley Sands Embankment . Howth to Dublin , 8 miles . 1819 . STIRLING ROAD . 1820-23 . LANARKSHIRE ROADS , 65 miles . Great North Road Surveys . 1820 . Hexham Line , 145 miles , Yorkshire and Scotland ...
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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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