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Page 33
... direction to be thus 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 ...
... direction to be thus 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 ...
Page 239
... Rickman definitely states that the railway was con- structed under Telford's direction , but it appears that the actual work was done mainly by Thomas and Henry James . The tractive power used in the line TELFORD AND RAILWAYS 239.
... Rickman definitely states that the railway was con- structed under Telford's direction , but it appears that the actual work was done mainly by Thomas and Henry James . The tractive power used in the line TELFORD AND RAILWAYS 239.
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... direction of a great many individuals with no com- mon interest and no concert among them , should be under the direction of one person , whose duty it should be , to see that proper sewers were everywhere estab- lished . ' Burdett ...
... direction of a great many individuals with no com- mon interest and no concert among them , should be under the direction of one person , whose duty it should be , to see that proper sewers were everywhere estab- lished . ' Burdett ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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