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PROPOSED LONDON BRIDGE , 1800–1802 Part of Telford's scheme for the extension of the Port of London . To eliminate all interference with the waterway he proposed a single iron arch bridge to replace Old London Bridge .
PROPOSED LONDON BRIDGE , 1800–1802 Part of Telford's scheme for the extension of the Port of London . To eliminate all interference with the waterway he proposed a single iron arch bridge to replace Old London Bridge .
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Two captains — representing Carnarvon interests — declared that they would never dare to sail under the proposed three - arch bridge ; and a Thames bargeman had a great deal to say on the danger and obstruction offered by a proposed ...
Two captains — representing Carnarvon interests — declared that they would never dare to sail under the proposed three - arch bridge ; and a Thames bargeman had a great deal to say on the danger and obstruction offered by a proposed ...
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Report of the Select Committee appointed to consider the most practicable and expedient mode of effecting the proposed bridge at Runcorn , submitted to the General Committee on the 8th April , 1817 . Letter from Lord William Bentinck to ...
Report of the Select Committee appointed to consider the most practicable and expedient mode of effecting the proposed bridge at Runcorn , submitted to the General Committee on the 8th April , 1817 . Letter from Lord William Bentinck to ...
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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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