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... supply scheme on which he was then engaged was a somewhat obscure story . The Cor- poration had apparently leased their Parliamentary powers to supply water to a Joint Stock Company- ' The Proprietors of the Liverpool Water Works whose ...
... supply scheme on which he was then engaged was a somewhat obscure story . The Cor- poration had apparently leased their Parliamentary powers to supply water to a Joint Stock Company- ' The Proprietors of the Liverpool Water Works whose ...
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... supply . In these days Glasgow is considered to have arrived as near to the ideal of a pure water supply as a large city can hope to reach . At the beginning of last century it was other- wise . Various projects for an improved water supply ...
... supply . In these days Glasgow is considered to have arrived as near to the ideal of a pure water supply as a large city can hope to reach . At the beginning of last century it was other- wise . Various projects for an improved water supply ...
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... supply and sewering of London . Many years before , Telford's London Bridge scheme had led him to investigate means for dealing with the old London Bridge Water Works . These dated from 1581 , and merely consisted of a number of wheels ...
... supply and sewering of London . Many years before , Telford's London Bridge scheme had led him to investigate means for dealing with the old London Bridge Water Works . These dated from 1581 , and merely consisted of a number of wheels ...
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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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