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... built . ' 6 The Chirk Aqueduct , which carried the Canal across the Ceriog from Shropshire into Denbigh , was neither so long nor so high , being 710 feet in length and about 70 feet above the river . The iron trough system was at first ...
... built . ' 6 The Chirk Aqueduct , which carried the Canal across the Ceriog from Shropshire into Denbigh , was neither so long nor so high , being 710 feet in length and about 70 feet above the river . The iron trough system was at first ...
Page 167
... built to replace the old narrow medieval bridge of 40 arches , known as the Grauntpount Bridge , which according to Telford ' was the site of the celebrated Friar Bacon's study . ' It re- ceived its present name after the new bridge was ...
... built to replace the old narrow medieval bridge of 40 arches , known as the Grauntpount Bridge , which according to Telford ' was the site of the celebrated Friar Bacon's study . ' It re- ceived its present name after the new bridge was ...
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... built on the site . 1807. FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL . Telford examined and re- ported upon repairing the north wall of the outward basin at Grangemouth , and as to enlarging the accommodation for shipping , and clearing away mud from the ...
... built on the site . 1807. FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL . Telford examined and re- ported upon repairing the north wall of the outward basin at Grangemouth , and as to enlarging the accommodation for shipping , and clearing away mud from the ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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