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It comprehends many and important objects . I have endeavoured to make the northern proprietors sensible of their own Interests , and to convince Government and the public that the nation at large is deeply interested in the proposed ...
It comprehends many and important objects . I have endeavoured to make the northern proprietors sensible of their own Interests , and to convince Government and the public that the nation at large is deeply interested in the proposed ...
Page 183
In this account the roads appear at the moment to be usurping too much attention , and it is time to turn from them to other of Telford's works — to a highly important work of quite different nature that synchronised with the completion ...
In this account the roads appear at the moment to be usurping too much attention , and it is time to turn from them to other of Telford's works — to a highly important work of quite different nature that synchronised with the completion ...
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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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