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His connection with railways was indeed closer than is generally realised . The story of the Glasgow and Berwick Railway has been told . That scheme it is perhaps fair to describe rather as a sort of dry canal than a railway .
His connection with railways was indeed closer than is generally realised . The story of the Glasgow and Berwick Railway has been told . That scheme it is perhaps fair to describe rather as a sort of dry canal than a railway .
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The line was run at a loss , and in 1845 was leased to the Oxford , Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway . There was , too , the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway , which so far as Telford was concerned came to nothing ; and there were others ...
The line was run at a loss , and in 1845 was leased to the Oxford , Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway . There was , too , the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway , which so far as Telford was concerned came to nothing ; and there were others ...
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CLARENCE RAILWAY . From the River Tees near Stockton to Sim Pasture on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the Durham Coalfield . The length including six branches , was to be about 46 miles . Telford's plans and sections were ...
CLARENCE RAILWAY . From the River Tees near Stockton to Sim Pasture on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the Durham Coalfield . The length including six branches , was to be about 46 miles . Telford's plans and sections were ...
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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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