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First Highland Survey , 1801 — Second Highland Survey , 1802 — The Caledonian Canal Commissioners — The Highland Roads and Bridges Commissioners - Canals IV . Caledonian Canal , early difficulties - Glasgow , Paisley and Ardrossan Canal ...
First Highland Survey , 1801 — Second Highland Survey , 1802 — The Caledonian Canal Commissioners — The Highland Roads and Bridges Commissioners - Canals IV . Caledonian Canal , early difficulties - Glasgow , Paisley and Ardrossan Canal ...
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Subsequently he had charge of the construction of the Pont Cysylte and Chirk Aqueducts on the Ellesmere Canal , and was finally for sixteen years chief resident engineer on the Caledonian Canal . By courtesy of Eustace Porter , Esq .
Subsequently he had charge of the construction of the Pont Cysylte and Chirk Aqueducts on the Ellesmere Canal , and was finally for sixteen years chief resident engineer on the Caledonian Canal . By courtesy of Eustace Porter , Esq .
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Add to this , that it is physically impossible for me to prepare the Report of the Caledonian Canal in May , because the little leisure which the House of Commons affords in that Month , will scarcely permit me to prepare in a ...
Add to this , that it is physically impossible for me to prepare the Report of the Caledonian Canal in May , because the little leisure which the House of Commons affords in that Month , will scarcely permit me to prepare in a ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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| Title | The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
| Author | Sir Alexander Gibb |
| Publisher | A. Maclehose & Company, 1935 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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