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There has of course been a good deal of regulation necessary upon the Line , tho ' it is only for 18 Miles yet there are several Locks , two Aqueducts and a Tunnel underground for about } a mile , I have just recommended an Iron ...
There has of course been a good deal of regulation necessary upon the Line , tho ' it is only for 18 Miles yet there are several Locks , two Aqueducts and a Tunnel underground for about } a mile , I have just recommended an Iron ...
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SIR , I have received yours of the 29th , Mr. Jessop is not at present in London , but I shall state what occurs to me relative to the Chirk Aqueduct , and which I thought had been fully understood by all parties .
SIR , I have received yours of the 29th , Mr. Jessop is not at present in London , but I shall state what occurs to me relative to the Chirk Aqueduct , and which I thought had been fully understood by all parties .
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Birmingham - Liverpool Junction Canal Bridges and Aqueducts . Nantwich Aqueduct ( cast iron ) . Audlam Bridge . River Weaver Aqueduct . Drayton Aqueducts . Adbaston Aqueduct . 1827 . Holt Fleet , River Severn , Worcestershire .
Birmingham - Liverpool Junction Canal Bridges and Aqueducts . Nantwich Aqueduct ( cast iron ) . Audlam Bridge . River Weaver Aqueduct . Drayton Aqueducts . Adbaston Aqueduct . 1827 . Holt Fleet , River Severn , Worcestershire .
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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