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The proprietors promoted a new company to extend the canal to Portsmouth Harbour — a project which had the support of the Admiralty . The route of the canal lay by Chichester and Langston Harbours , and thence , a three miles canal ...
The proprietors promoted a new company to extend the canal to Portsmouth Harbour — a project which had the support of the Admiralty . The route of the canal lay by Chichester and Langston Harbours , and thence , a three miles canal ...
Page 314
He advised a new water company which supplied water by pumping with Boulton and Watt engines from springs at Bootle . 1800. LONDON BRIDGE WATERWORKS . Telford and Douglas advised the installation of steam engines to replace the old ...
He advised a new water company which supplied water by pumping with Boulton and Watt engines from springs at Bootle . 1800. LONDON BRIDGE WATERWORKS . Telford and Douglas advised the installation of steam engines to replace the old ...
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He had , however , to examine the plans as engineer to the Exchequer Bill Loan Commission when the Company applied for a ... of the work with George Stephenson , the Company's engineer , and reported to the Commission in February 1829 .
He had , however , to examine the plans as engineer to the Exchequer Bill Loan Commission when the Company applied for a ... of the work with George Stephenson , the Company's engineer , and reported to the Commission in February 1829 .
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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