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They had proved highly successful abroad , and the Duke of Bridgewater had obtained colossal profits from his famous canal . Shropshire and Gloucestershire and the Welsh border offered an attractive field for development .
They had proved highly successful abroad , and the Duke of Bridgewater had obtained colossal profits from his famous canal . Shropshire and Gloucestershire and the Welsh border offered an attractive field for development .
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citizens , and obtained powers to impose a water rate of 5 per cent . on the gross rental , with special terms for big users . Telford was responsible for the works , though some of the plans bear the name of John Rennie , who appears ...
citizens , and obtained powers to impose a water rate of 5 per cent . on the gross rental , with special terms for big users . Telford was responsible for the works , though some of the plans bear the name of John Rennie , who appears ...
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The Act was obtained , and after just a year's delay work was re - started . The first main contractors were Straphen & Hall , but nine months later they abandoned their contracts , and Telford brought in one John Wilson who had proved ...
The Act was obtained , and after just a year's delay work was re - started . The first main contractors were Straphen & Hall , but nine months later they abandoned their contracts , and Telford brought in one John Wilson who had proved ...
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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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