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15 Six months later he wrote - You know I am toss'd about like a Tennis Ball , the other day I was in London , since that I have been in Liverpool , and in a few days I expect to be in Bristol.such is my fortune - and to tell you a bit ...
15 Six months later he wrote - You know I am toss'd about like a Tennis Ball , the other day I was in London , since that I have been in Liverpool , and in a few days I expect to be in Bristol.such is my fortune - and to tell you a bit ...
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CHAPTER IX 1825–1832 Canal boom - Proposed Liverpool Ship Canal — Proposed English and Bristol Channel Ship Canal - Panama Canal — the Railway threat — the Birmingham Canal — the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal — Macclesfield ...
CHAPTER IX 1825–1832 Canal boom - Proposed Liverpool Ship Canal — Proposed English and Bristol Channel Ship Canal - Panama Canal — the Railway threat — the Birmingham Canal — the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal — Macclesfield ...
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unconsidered area , until in the second decade of the nineteenth century the expansion of Liverpool opened the eyes of the far - seeing speculator to its possibilities . Between 1818 and 1824 a small group began to buy up all the ...
unconsidered area , until in the second decade of the nineteenth century the expansion of Liverpool opened the eyes of the far - seeing speculator to its possibilities . Between 1818 and 1824 a small group began to buy up all the ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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