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... mile , or about 1 in 117. The total length of railroad was 125 miles and it was to rise in this distance to a height of 753 feet , 77 miles from Berwick and 48 miles from ' Bailie Clelands garden wall ' by the Broomielaw , at Glasgow ...
... mile , or about 1 in 117. The total length of railroad was 125 miles and it was to rise in this distance to a height of 753 feet , 77 miles from Berwick and 48 miles from ' Bailie Clelands garden wall ' by the Broomielaw , at Glasgow ...
Page 280
... Miles - At Bir- mingham we had little to do beyond eating and sleeping till the next Morning , when we proceeded to the Canal Office and em- barked in the Gala Boat , ( built for like occasion as Mr. Com- ming's Car in the Salt Mine ) ...
... Miles - At Bir- mingham we had little to do beyond eating and sleeping till the next Morning , when we proceeded to the Canal Office and em- barked in the Gala Boat , ( built for like occasion as Mr. Com- ming's Car in the Salt Mine ) ...
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... miles . Holyhead Roads . First Survey of North Wales Roads . Chester to Corwen Survey , 29 miles . Shrewsbury to Bangor , 85 miles . Bangor to Chester , 63 miles . Anglesea , 20 miles . Rhie buie , Ross - shire and Inverness - shire ...
... miles . Holyhead Roads . First Survey of North Wales Roads . Chester to Corwen Survey , 29 miles . Shrewsbury to Bangor , 85 miles . Bangor to Chester , 63 miles . Anglesea , 20 miles . Rhie buie , Ross - shire and Inverness - shire ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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