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a moving the Government to action , and in 1801 Telford was instructed to make a full survey and report on the whole state of affairs . I have received the Commands of the Lords Commissioners , ' wrote Nicholas Vansittart , M.P. , Joint ...
a moving the Government to action , and in 1801 Telford was instructed to make a full survey and report on the whole state of affairs . I have received the Commands of the Lords Commissioners , ' wrote Nicholas Vansittart , M.P. , Joint ...
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Under the Commissioners for Highland Roads and Bridges was also placed the administration of whatever funds Government made available for the construction or improvement of the harbours and fishing ports . Ferry piers , of which many ...
Under the Commissioners for Highland Roads and Bridges was also placed the administration of whatever funds Government made available for the construction or improvement of the harbours and fishing ports . Ferry piers , of which many ...
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Founded and developed by the British Fisheries Society 1801-1813 partly by means of Government grants , it became one of the chief centres of the North Sea Herring Fisheries . Telford continued to advise the Society till 1834 .
Founded and developed by the British Fisheries Society 1801-1813 partly by means of Government grants , it became one of the chief centres of the North Sea Herring Fisheries . Telford continued to advise the Society till 1834 .
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Contents
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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