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It is said that he was employed on the Langholm Bridge built by Robin Hotson in 1775 and on various houses in what is known as Langholm New Town . It is , too , said that he soon showed an exceptional proficiency in stone - carving and ...
It is said that he was employed on the Langholm Bridge built by Robin Hotson in 1775 and on various houses in what is known as Langholm New Town . It is , too , said that he soon showed an exceptional proficiency in stone - carving and ...
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In 1803 Telford produced a revised plan , both for harbour and town . Grants were sanctioned and work was started in 1805 , being for the most part confined to the new ' Pulteney Town , ' and to a three arch stone bridge over the river ...
In 1803 Telford produced a revised plan , both for harbour and town . Grants were sanctioned and work was started in 1805 , being for the most part confined to the new ' Pulteney Town , ' and to a three arch stone bridge over the river ...
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of 10.5 pass through the Town with flapes up .-- One in 20 have died in this most smoky & smutty of human habitations - and many Shopkeepers have shut their shops , & absented themselves ; not so much from fear of disease , which does ...
of 10.5 pass through the Town with flapes up .-- One in 20 have died in this most smoky & smutty of human habitations - and many Shopkeepers have shut their shops , & absented themselves ; not so much from fear of disease , which does ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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