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... public works necessarily involving considerable disturbance of existing conditions ; and on the whole Telford was always markedly successful in disarming local opposition . The canal , except that it was never extended to Shrewsbury ...
... public works necessarily involving considerable disturbance of existing conditions ; and on the whole Telford was always markedly successful in disarming local opposition . The canal , except that it was never extended to Shrewsbury ...
Page 148
The report dealt fully with the existing sources of supply , noted the lack of any fixed principle in the type or size of existing pipes , -wooden , leaden , cast iron , and earthen being frequently found on the same line .
The report dealt fully with the existing sources of supply , noted the lack of any fixed principle in the type or size of existing pipes , -wooden , leaden , cast iron , and earthen being frequently found on the same line .
Page 313
Telford's proposals were to enclose the docks by building an extensive breakwater to within 120 feet of the existing Eastern Pier Head . They were a modification of a much larger scheme put forward by Chapman , estimated to cost ...
Telford's proposals were to enclose the docks by building an extensive breakwater to within 120 feet of the existing Eastern Pier Head . They were a modification of a much larger scheme put forward by Chapman , estimated to cost ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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| Title | The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
| Author | Sir Alexander Gibb |
| Publisher | A. Maclehose & Company, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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