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In or about the year 1780 he went to Edinburgh where work was then in progress particularly on Princes Street and generally throughout the New Town , lately joined to the Old Town by the rebuilt bridge across the partially drained North ...
In or about the year 1780 he went to Edinburgh where work was then in progress particularly on Princes Street and generally throughout the New Town , lately joined to the Old Town by the rebuilt bridge across the partially drained North ...
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19 As an example of the danger of earth backing for bridges , he instanced the collapse of the bridge crossing the Nor Loch at Edinburgh , designed by Mylne , commenced in 1763 and wrecked in 1769 when still not quite complete ...
19 As an example of the danger of earth backing for bridges , he instanced the collapse of the bridge crossing the Nor Loch at Edinburgh , designed by Mylne , commenced in 1763 and wrecked in 1769 when still not quite complete ...
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EDINBURGH . In 1810-11 Telford on the engineering and Dr. Hope on the chemical aspect made exhaustive reports to the Magistrates of Edinburgh on the city's water , the supply being insufficient and impure and the system antiquated .
EDINBURGH . In 1810-11 Telford on the engineering and Dr. Hope on the chemical aspect made exhaustive reports to the Magistrates of Edinburgh on the city's water , the supply being insufficient and impure and the system antiquated .
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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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