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CHAPTER IX 1825-1832 Canal boom - Proposed Liverpool Ship Canal - Proposed English and Bristol Channel Ship Canal — Panama Canal — the Railway threat — the Birmingham Canal — the Birmingham and Liverpool Function Canal — Macclesfield ...
CHAPTER IX 1825-1832 Canal boom - Proposed Liverpool Ship Canal - Proposed English and Bristol Channel Ship Canal — Panama Canal — the Railway threat — the Birmingham Canal — the Birmingham and Liverpool Function Canal — Macclesfield ...
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In 1825 the matter was taken up in apparent earnest ; Telford , Robert Stevenson and Alexander Nimmo were retained to prepare plans which included not only extensive docks but also a ship canal across the Wirral Peninsula to the estuary ...
In 1825 the matter was taken up in apparent earnest ; Telford , Robert Stevenson and Alexander Nimmo were retained to prepare plans which included not only extensive docks but also a ship canal across the Wirral Peninsula to the estuary ...
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The English & Bristol Channel Ship Canal was a revival of an old idea . As far back as 1769 Whitworth had surveyed a line for a barge canal . In 1810 , Rennie submitted plans for a small ship canal to cost £ 1,350,000 ; and a proposal ...
The English & Bristol Channel Ship Canal was a revival of an old idea . As far back as 1769 Whitworth had surveyed a line for a barge canal . In 1810 , Rennie submitted plans for a small ship canal to cost £ 1,350,000 ; and a proposal ...
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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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