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A number of these were connected with Glasgow and its neighbourhood . In 1804 Telford had been called in by the Earl of Eglinton to examine the project of a canal from Glasgow , via Paisley and Johnstone to Ardrossan on the Earl's ...
A number of these were connected with Glasgow and its neighbourhood . In 1804 Telford had been called in by the Earl of Eglinton to examine the project of a canal from Glasgow , via Paisley and Johnstone to Ardrossan on the Earl's ...
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1 -got little help from Glasgow , whose citizens were intent on improving their river . Work was commenced in 1806 and the canal was made on one level as far as Johnstone . It was never carried beyond that place .
1 -got little help from Glasgow , whose citizens were intent on improving their river . Work was commenced in 1806 and the canal was made on one level as far as Johnstone . It was never carried beyond that place .
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His proposals were not carried out , and his real connection with the port of Glasgow dates from much later , about 1819. In the meantime they sought advice from Rennie and others . Yet another of Telford's interests in Glasgow at that ...
His proposals were not carried out , and his real connection with the port of Glasgow dates from much later , about 1819. In the meantime they sought advice from Rennie and others . Yet another of Telford's interests in Glasgow at that ...
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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 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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