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In April 1800 the Committee went a step further and invited Architects to submit plans and estimates for a new London Bridge . From the diary of Lord Colchester , who was a member of the Committee , it appears that a a plan and estimate ...
In April 1800 the Committee went a step further and invited Architects to submit plans and estimates for a new London Bridge . From the diary of Lord Colchester , who was a member of the Committee , it appears that a a plan and estimate ...
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The Select Committee's Third Report had mentioned that Telford and Douglas had submitted four alternative bridges ; and it was on one of them that the Committee seems to have based its recommendation , a bridge of five iron arches .
The Select Committee's Third Report had mentioned that Telford and Douglas had submitted four alternative bridges ; and it was on one of them that the Committee seems to have based its recommendation , a bridge of five iron arches .
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Minutes of a Meeting held at Edinburgh on the 4th April , 1810 , of the General and Sub - Committees on the proposed ... Report of the Committee of Management relative to the Plans of the new Ferry Harbours on the opposite coast of Fife ...
Minutes of a Meeting held at Edinburgh on the 4th April , 1810 , of the General and Sub - Committees on the proposed ... Report of the Committee of Management relative to the Plans of the new Ferry Harbours on the opposite coast of Fife ...
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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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