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His connection with 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 .
His connection with 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 .
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The line was run at a loss , and in 1845 was leased to the Oxford , Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway . There was , too , the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway , which so far as Telford was concerned came to nothing ; and there were others ...
The line was run at a loss , and in 1845 was leased to the Oxford , Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway . There was , too , the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway , which so far as Telford was concerned came to nothing ; and there were others ...
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Report Relative to the proposed Railway from Glasgow to Berwickupon - Tweed . ' London , 12th March , 1810. With Mr. Jessop's opinion , 31st March , 1810 . Instructions to Mr. Morrison respecting the Berwick and Glasgow line of Railway ...
Report Relative to the proposed Railway from Glasgow to Berwickupon - Tweed . ' London , 12th March , 1810. With Mr. Jessop's opinion , 31st March , 1810 . Instructions to Mr. Morrison respecting the Berwick and Glasgow line of Railway ...
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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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