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... Ship Canal - Proposed English and Bristol Channel Ship Canal - Panama Canal - the Railway threat - the Birmingham Canal - the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Macclesfield Canal - Completion of the Caledonian and Gotha Canals ...
... Ship Canal - Proposed English and Bristol Channel Ship Canal - Panama Canal - the Railway threat - the Birmingham Canal - the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Macclesfield Canal - Completion of the Caledonian and Gotha Canals ...
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... ship canal across the Wirral Peninsula to the estuary of the River Dee near Hilbre Island - for all of which Parliamentary powers were to be immediately sought . The Engineers submitted two reports . There were to be ' two ex- tensive ...
... ship canal across the Wirral Peninsula to the estuary of the River Dee near Hilbre Island - for all of which Parliamentary powers were to be immediately sought . The Engineers submitted two reports . There were to be ' two ex- tensive ...
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... canal as a means of relieving traffic con- gestion in North London , and made loans to it to a total of £ 250,000 ... SHIP CANAL . From the Severn near Berkeley to Gloucester . Commenced in 1793 by Robert Mylne ; completed in 1825 by ...
... canal as a means of relieving traffic con- gestion in North London , and made loans to it to a total of £ 250,000 ... SHIP CANAL . From the Severn near Berkeley to Gloucester . Commenced in 1793 by Robert Mylne ; completed in 1825 by ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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