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In 1796 the standing Parliamentary Committee on the Port of London had considered eight different plans for ... itself with passing a resolution to the effect that ' Any plan for the improvement of the Port is imperfect , of which Wet ...
In 1796 the standing Parliamentary Committee on the Port of London had considered eight different plans for ... itself with passing a resolution to the effect that ' Any plan for the improvement of the Port is imperfect , of which Wet ...
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The group included Sir John Tobin , Mayor of Liverpool in 1819 , William Laird , the founder of Birkenhead and of the shipbuilding firm of Cammell Laird , and John Askew , Harbour Master of the Port of Liverpool .
The group included Sir John Tobin , Mayor of Liverpool in 1819 , William Laird , the founder of Birkenhead and of the shipbuilding firm of Cammell Laird , and John Askew , Harbour Master of the Port of Liverpool .
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There were , for instance , a number of important new harbour works to be dealt with the Port of Glasgow for one , with which he had already been connected more than once ; the Port of Leith , the only important port in Scotland with ...
There were , for instance , a number of important new harbour works to be dealt with the Port of Glasgow for one , with which he had already been connected more than once ; the Port of Leith , the only important port in Scotland with ...
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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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