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... pier under my direction to be thus built . ' The Chirk Aqueduct , which carried the Canal across the Ceriog from ... Piers should be set out so as to allow 6 feet instead of 5 feet on each side of the Canal - the distance between the ...
... pier under my direction to be thus built . ' The Chirk Aqueduct , which carried the Canal across the Ceriog from ... Piers should be set out so as to allow 6 feet instead of 5 feet on each side of the Canal - the distance between the ...
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... pier nearest the north bank had sunk 2 feet and Telford directed both arches to be taken down and the whole pier removed . It was already founded on piles ; they were re - driven down to actual rock . By October 1829 , John Gibb had ...
... pier nearest the north bank had sunk 2 feet and Telford directed both arches to be taken down and the whole pier removed . It was already founded on piles ; they were re - driven down to actual rock . By October 1829 , John Gibb had ...
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... pier 250 feet long with a return pier and a protecting pier to prevent accretion of sand . 1818-20 . PORTREE ( Isle of Skye ) . A landing pier and approach road . 1818-31 . KING'S LYNN . In 1818 a widening and extension of piers to meet ...
... pier 250 feet long with a return pier and a protecting pier to prevent accretion of sand . 1818-20 . PORTREE ( Isle of Skye ) . A landing pier and approach road . 1818-31 . KING'S LYNN . In 1818 a widening and extension of piers to meet ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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