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... extensive docks but also a ship canal across the Wirral Peninsula to the estuary of the River Dee near Hilbre Island - for all of which Parliamentary powers were to be immediately sought . The Engineers submitted two reports . There ...
... extensive docks but also a ship canal across the Wirral Peninsula to the estuary of the River Dee near Hilbre Island - for all of which Parliamentary powers were to be immediately sought . The Engineers submitted two reports . There ...
Page 221
... extensive cutting and embanking , the canal crossing several deep ravines where it had to be carried at a height of from thirty to eighty feet . The canal was successfully constructed . It not only afforded the nearest route between the ...
... extensive cutting and embanking , the canal crossing several deep ravines where it had to be carried at a height of from thirty to eighty feet . The canal was successfully constructed . It not only afforded the nearest route between the ...
Page 313
... extensive harbour accommodation on both the Mersey and Dee . 1828-34 . LEITH . 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 ...
... extensive harbour accommodation on both the Mersey and Dee . 1828-34 . LEITH . 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 ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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