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... Ship Canal , a ship canal between the Bristol and English Channels , and early Panama Canal projects . The first is a curious tale . If it had been carried through , it must have changed the whole history of the Port of Liverpool . The ...
... Ship Canal , a ship canal between the Bristol and English Channels , and early Panama Canal projects . The first is a curious tale . If it had been carried through , it must have changed the whole history of the Port of Liverpool . The ...
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... ship- building firm of Cammell Laird , and John Askew , Harbour Master of the Port of Liverpool . It was then announced that docks were to be con- structed on that side of the river , but for some time nothing more was done . In 1825 ...
... ship- building firm of Cammell Laird , and John Askew , Harbour Master of the Port of Liverpool . It was then announced that docks were to be con- structed on that side of the river , but for some time nothing more was done . In 1825 ...
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... Ship Canal was a revival of an old idea . As far back as 1769 Whitworth had surveyed a line for a barge canal . In 1810 , Rennie submitted plans for a small ship canal to cost £ 1,350,000 ; and a proposal for one of only three feet six ...
... Ship Canal was a revival of an old idea . As far back as 1769 Whitworth had surveyed a line for a barge canal . In 1810 , Rennie submitted plans for a small ship canal to cost £ 1,350,000 ; and a proposal for one of only three feet six ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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