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... a security for the work's being finished in a proper manner — this is an insuperable Bar otherwise it would flatter my vanity much to have it said , that I had a hand in that Noble work , time alone must determine how all must be .
... a security for the work's being finished in a proper manner — this is an insuperable Bar otherwise it would flatter my vanity much to have it said , that I had a hand in that Noble work , time alone must determine how all must be .
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5 Circumstances had placed the preponderance of power in the hands of the railway engineers ; and perhaps inevitably , but to some extent for want of sympathy or encouragement on the part of the Institution of Civil Engineers , there ...
5 Circumstances had placed the preponderance of power in the hands of the railway engineers ; and perhaps inevitably , but to some extent for want of sympathy or encouragement on the part of the Institution of Civil Engineers , there ...
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The increase of traffic overtaxed its capacity ; and on the other hand they were feeling a growing competition from the turnpike roads and rival navigations ; and there was the threat of the railways added to their problems .
The increase of traffic overtaxed its capacity ; and on the other hand they were feeling a growing competition from the turnpike roads and rival navigations ; and there was the threat of the railways added to their problems .
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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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