The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
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... Commissioner's House was finished in the autumn of 1786 , and soon after Telford moved to Shropshire . Pulteney was then representing Shrews- bury in Parliament , and he was taken with the idea of rebuilding part of the old derelict ...
... Commissioner's House was finished in the autumn of 1786 , and soon after Telford moved to Shropshire . Pulteney was then representing Shrews- bury in Parliament , and he was taken with the idea of rebuilding part of the old derelict ...
Page 80
... Commissioners and to the Caledonian Canal Commissioners . He became Telford's intimate friend and edited his Life . He was the close friend of Southey , Coleridge and Lamb . To Rickman more than to any other individual is due the ...
... Commissioners and to the Caledonian Canal Commissioners . He became Telford's intimate friend and edited his Life . He was the close friend of Southey , Coleridge and Lamb . To Rickman more than to any other individual is due the ...
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... Commissioners . The Select Committee had reported on 3rd June ; by 4th July the Act appointing the Commissioners had been passed , and on 7th July they held their first meet- ing , at which they resolved that it was important to employ ...
... Commissioners . The Select Committee had reported on 3rd June ; by 4th July the Act appointing the Commissioners had been passed , and on 7th July they held their first meet- ing , at which they resolved that it was important to employ ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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