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15 Six months later he wrote — ' You know I am toss'd about like a Tennis Ball , the other day I was in London , since that I have I been in Liverpool , and in a few days I expect to be in Bristol.such is my fortune - and to tell you a ...
15 Six months later he wrote — ' You know I am toss'd about like a Tennis Ball , the other day I was in London , since that I have I been in Liverpool , and in a few days I expect to be in Bristol.such is my fortune - and to tell you a ...
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CHAPTER IX 1825-1832 Canal boom - Proposed Liverpool Ship Canal - Proposed English and Bristol Channel Ship Canal - Panama Canal — the Railway threat - the Birmingham Canal — the Birmingham and Liverpool Function Canal — Macclesfield ...
CHAPTER IX 1825-1832 Canal boom - Proposed Liverpool Ship Canal - Proposed English and Bristol Channel Ship Canal - Panama Canal — the Railway threat - the Birmingham Canal — the Birmingham and Liverpool Function Canal — Macclesfield ...
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vide an extensive system of docks and wharves of much easier access to the sea than Liverpool . The Mayor of Liverpool learnt of these intentions , and the Corporation as owners of the Port of Liverpool were seriously alarmed .
vide an extensive system of docks and wharves of much easier access to the sea than Liverpool . The Mayor of Liverpool learnt of these intentions , and the Corporation as owners of the Port of Liverpool were seriously alarmed .
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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