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Smeaton completed the Eddystone Lighthouse . 1761. John Rennie born . 1767. Bridgewater Canal started . 1769. James Watt patented his steam engine . 1771. Telford apprenticed to a stonemason in Langholm . 1772. Death of James Brindley .
Smeaton completed the Eddystone Lighthouse . 1761. John Rennie born . 1767. Bridgewater Canal started . 1769. James Watt patented his steam engine . 1771. Telford apprenticed to a stonemason in Langholm . 1772. Death of James Brindley .
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But he remained consulting engineer to the canal with a regular retainer until his death . Long before the completion of the Ellesmere and Shrewsbury Canals , Telford's position among Canal Engineers was well SHREWSBURY CANAL COMPLETED 37.
But he remained consulting engineer to the canal with a regular retainer until his death . Long before the completion of the Ellesmere and Shrewsbury Canals , Telford's position among Canal Engineers was well SHREWSBURY CANAL COMPLETED 37.
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wrote Telford , ' and when the lock was completed removing the mountain clay from the entrance , was adopted from the necessity of the case , and was found upon calculation of even less expense than any Cofferdam , even had that usual ...
wrote Telford , ' and when the lock was completed removing the mountain clay from the entrance , was adopted from the necessity of the case , and was found upon calculation of even less expense than any Cofferdam , even had that usual ...
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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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