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... Appointed Surveyor to the County of Shropshire . 1792. Death of Smeaton . 1793. Appointed Engineer to the Ellesmere Canal . 1801. First of the Highland Surveys . 1803. Start of the Caledonian Canal , and Scottish Roads and Harbours work ...
... Appointed Surveyor to the County of Shropshire . 1792. Death of Smeaton . 1793. Appointed Engineer to the Ellesmere Canal . 1801. First of the Highland Surveys . 1803. Start of the Caledonian Canal , and Scottish Roads and Harbours work ...
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... appointed General Agent , Surveyor , Engineer , Architect and Overlooker to the Ellesmere Canal , on a salary of £ 500 a year , out of which he was to keep his own clerk and confidential foreman , and to meet his own expenses . He had ...
... appointed General Agent , Surveyor , Engineer , Architect and Overlooker to the Ellesmere Canal , on a salary of £ 500 a year , out of which he was to keep his own clerk and confidential foreman , and to meet his own expenses . He had ...
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... appointed , at the instance of Charles Abbot , later the Speaker of the House of Commons , to report on the most suitable route and packet stations , and after considering the alternatives , they recommended Holyhead and Howth . Six ...
... appointed , at the instance of Charles Abbot , later the Speaker of the House of Commons , to report on the most suitable route and packet stations , and after considering the alternatives , they recommended Holyhead and Howth . Six ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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