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( 4 ) In times of War the danger from privateers , and the consequent high insurance for ships using the English Channel ... Another case was that of an Inverness ship which sailed * Letters from Watt to Dr. Small , 29th September ...
( 4 ) In times of War the danger from privateers , and the consequent high insurance for ships using the English Channel ... Another case was that of an Inverness ship which sailed * Letters from Watt to Dr. Small , 29th September ...
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In 1825 the matter was taken up in apparent earnest ; Telford , Robert Stevenson and Alexander Nimmo were retained to prepare plans which included not only extensive docks but also a ship canal across the Wirral Peninsula to the estuary ...
In 1825 the matter was taken up in apparent earnest ; Telford , Robert Stevenson and Alexander Nimmo were retained to prepare plans which included not only extensive docks but also a ship canal across the Wirral Peninsula to the estuary ...
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The English & Bristol Channel Ship Canal was a revival of an old idea . As far back as 1769 Whitworth had surveyed a line for a barge canal . In 1810 , Rennie submitted plans for a small ship canal to cost £ 1,350,000 ; and a proposal ...
The English & Bristol Channel Ship Canal was a revival of an old idea . As far back as 1769 Whitworth had surveyed a line for a barge canal . In 1810 , Rennie submitted plans for a small ship canal to cost £ 1,350,000 ; and a proposal ...
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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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