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Page 137
... already much Snow on the Mountains — ' 1 In 1810 he was called in to deal with the Holyhead Road - then after the Dover Road the most important route in the country . Rennie had already long been advising on the improvement of ...
... already much Snow on the Mountains — ' 1 In 1810 he was called in to deal with the Holyhead Road - then after the Dover Road the most important route in the country . Rennie had already long been advising on the improvement of ...
Page 168
... already mentioned , the extent of Telford's con- cern varied considerably . In some , such as the Ulster Canal with which he was already involved before the application to the Commissioners , he had complete control , and one of his ...
... already mentioned , the extent of Telford's con- cern varied considerably . In some , such as the Ulster Canal with which he was already involved before the application to the Commissioners , he had complete control , and one of his ...
Page 289
... already being tried , namely , the construction of a 30 - foot tunnel from the basin and reservoir in the inner harbour to the mouth of the harbour at the pier head and so direct a much larger and more widely spread volume of water on ...
... already being tried , namely , the construction of a 30 - foot tunnel from the basin and reservoir in the inner harbour to the mouth of the harbour at the pier head and so direct a much larger and more widely spread volume of water on ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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