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... Turnpike Trusts , ex- tended , to cover improvements of the road as far as Highgate , where the Holyhead Road left London . Telford went over the whole length of road at least once a year and his annual reports , still in existence ...
... Turnpike Trusts , ex- tended , to cover improvements of the road as far as Highgate , where the Holyhead Road left London . Telford went over the whole length of road at least once a year and his annual reports , still in existence ...
Page 176
... Turnpike Trusts , and finally the treat- ing of road - making as a science . Where they disagreed was , as has been said , as to foundation . 9 ' It matters not if the soil be clay , sand morass or bog , ' said Macadam , in giving ...
... Turnpike Trusts , and finally the treat- ing of road - making as a science . Where they disagreed was , as has been said , as to foundation . 9 ' It matters not if the soil be clay , sand morass or bog , ' said Macadam , in giving ...
Page 180
... Turnpike Trusts in 28 different counties . ' Nevertheless , largely owing to the support of the Post Office , he was granted by Parliament £ 2,000 in 1820 , another £ 2,000 in 1822 , and apparently another sum in 1823 when he still felt ...
... Turnpike Trusts in 28 different counties . ' Nevertheless , largely owing to the support of the Post Office , he was granted by Parliament £ 2,000 in 1820 , another £ 2,000 in 1822 , and apparently another sum in 1823 when he still felt ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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