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... Bridge , a three arch stone bridge over the Severn , -some four miles west of Shrewsbury , carrying the main Holyhead road . It is possible that this was not actually his first bridge , since an early letter of his refers to working on ...
... Bridge , a three arch stone bridge over the Severn , -some four miles west of Shrewsbury , carrying the main Holyhead road . It is possible that this was not actually his first bridge , since an early letter of his refers to working on ...
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... bridge , which he said should appear as the segment of a great circle springing from the abutments . The illus- tration , however , somewhat exaggerates the curved effect ... bridges , and in them he does not BROOMIELAW BRIDGE , GLASGOW 261.
... bridge , which he said should appear as the segment of a great circle springing from the abutments . The illus- tration , however , somewhat exaggerates the curved effect ... bridges , and in them he does not BROOMIELAW BRIDGE , GLASGOW 261.
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... Bridge ) , Lanarkshire . 1821 . 1821 . Cander , Cander Water , Lanarkshire . Rochester Bridge , River Medway , Kent . In con- junction with Rennie he advised on the con- struction of a new arch . 1821 . Glasgow Old Bridge , River Clyde ...
... Bridge ) , Lanarkshire . 1821 . 1821 . Cander , Cander Water , Lanarkshire . Rochester Bridge , River Medway , Kent . In con- junction with Rennie he advised on the con- struction of a new arch . 1821 . Glasgow Old Bridge , River Clyde ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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