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Davidson is canal mad , ' wrote Telford , ' and there will now be occasion for all his exertions , for besides the real labour that attends such a great public work , Contentions , jealousies and prejudices are stationed like gloomy ...
Davidson is canal mad , ' wrote Telford , ' and there will now be occasion for all his exertions , for besides the real labour that attends such a great public work , Contentions , jealousies and prejudices are stationed like gloomy ...
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Whether , ' wrote Telford , ' this great undertaking is carried into execution to the extent of the Plans or any extent , it is certainly true that the Report of the Select Committee and the Plans and propositions they have approved and ...
Whether , ' wrote Telford , ' this great undertaking is carried into execution to the extent of the Plans or any extent , it is certainly true that the Report of the Select Committee and the Plans and propositions they have approved and ...
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Of Rickman , Telford wrote , ' It was on his able conduct , unwearied zeal and perseverance that the entire success of the improvements chiefly depended , '18 while of Hope he said , ' the result of his skill and integrity in managing ...
Of Rickman , Telford wrote , ' It was on his able conduct , unwearied zeal and perseverance that the entire success of the improvements chiefly depended , '18 while of Hope he said , ' the result of his skill and integrity in managing ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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| Title | The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
| Author | Sir Alexander Gibb |
| Publisher | A. Maclehose & Company, 1935 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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