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This was estimated to cost only £ 127,000 and for its construction Telford worked out a novel and ingenious system of suspended centering , which met one of the difficulties and hazards which Rennie had been satisfied were so great as ...
This was estimated to cost only £ 127,000 and for its construction Telford worked out a novel and ingenious system of suspended centering , which met one of the difficulties and hazards which Rennie had been satisfied were so great as ...
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... from them to other of Telford's works — to a highly important work of quite different nature that synchronised with the completion of the Menai Bridge , the only important construction in London for which he was wholly responsible .
... from them to other of Telford's works — to a highly important work of quite different nature that synchronised with the completion of the Menai Bridge , the only important construction in London for which he was wholly responsible .
Page 245
The construction of Aberdeen Harbour has a special interest in the very early use that was made of dredging plant . A second and much larger dredger was designed and built in 1829 for the latter works . At the same time Telford was ...
The construction of Aberdeen Harbour has a special interest in the very early use that was made of dredging plant . A second and much larger dredger was designed and built in 1829 for the latter works . At the same time Telford was ...
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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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