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... passing up the Meggot by Glendinning ( where his boyhood was passed ) in the shortest possible direction would save only 2 miles and this thro ' a thinly inhabited country and to be acquired at a great expence . ' That ended it . 3 ...
... passing up the Meggot by Glendinning ( where his boyhood was passed ) in the shortest possible direction would save only 2 miles and this thro ' a thinly inhabited country and to be acquired at a great expence . ' That ended it . 3 ...
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... passing of news from one side of the country to the other . The putting in hand of all these works would go far to ... passed the same Session and work was started at once under the Highland Roads and Bridges Commissioners and the ...
... passing of news from one side of the country to the other . The putting in hand of all these works would go far to ... passed the same Session and work was started at once under the Highland Roads and Bridges Commissioners and the ...
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... passed over , carrying it would seem little but Telford's assistants or the con- tractors . The inside passengers were Tierney , Smith , Palmer and Monterloney . W. A. Provis and his brother John joined at Bangor ; Akers , the Mail ...
... passed over , carrying it would seem little but Telford's assistants or the con- tractors . The inside passengers were Tierney , Smith , Palmer and Monterloney . W. A. Provis and his brother John joined at Bangor ; Akers , the Mail ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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