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... obtained colossal profits from his famous canal . Shropshire and Gloucestershire and the Welsh border offered an attractive field for development . A rich agricultural area , it contained too , coal and iron . Ob- viously among the more ...
... obtained colossal profits from his famous canal . Shropshire and Gloucestershire and the Welsh border offered an attractive field for development . A rich agricultural area , it contained too , coal and iron . Ob- viously among the more ...
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... obtained in 1809 were immediately put in force , and in the following years Telford , with Jessop's assistance was responsible for the extensions and im- provements that , carried out by John Gibb , initiated a new era for the harbour ...
... obtained in 1809 were immediately put in force , and in the following years Telford , with Jessop's assistance was responsible for the extensions and im- provements that , carried out by John Gibb , initiated a new era for the harbour ...
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... obtained , and after just a year's delay work was re - started . The first main contractors were Straphen & Hall , but nine months later they abandoned their contracts , and Telford brought in one John Wilson who had proved successful ...
... obtained , and after just a year's delay work was re - started . The first main contractors were Straphen & Hall , but nine months later they abandoned their contracts , and Telford brought in one John Wilson who had proved successful ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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