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... railways was indeed closer than is generally realised . The story of the Glasgow and Berwick Railway has been told . That scheme it is perhaps fair to describe rather as a sort of dry canal than a railway . The Stratford and Moreton Railway ...
... railways was indeed closer than is generally realised . The story of the Glasgow and Berwick Railway has been told . That scheme it is perhaps fair to describe rather as a sort of dry canal than a railway . The Stratford and Moreton Railway ...
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... railway ideas and railway invention from a very early stage ; and many of his assistants such as Palmer , with his mono - rail , and Vignolles , who invented the flat - bottomed rail , were deeply interested in railway matters . In his ...
... railway ideas and railway invention from a very early stage ; and many of his assistants such as Palmer , with his mono - rail , and Vignolles , who invented the flat - bottomed rail , were deeply interested in railway matters . In his ...
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... Railway . ' By Thomas Telford . Edinburgh , 15th September , 1809 . ' Report to the Commissioners for the Loan of Exchequer Bills on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ; with observations in reply by the Directors of the said Railway ...
... Railway . ' By Thomas Telford . Edinburgh , 15th September , 1809 . ' Report to the Commissioners for the Loan of Exchequer Bills on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ; with observations in reply by the Directors of the said Railway ...
Contents
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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