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... made in the four Northern Counties of Scotland , the improvements made in the Glasgow - Carlisle Road , and in ... diffused a spirit of road improvement throughout the whole Kingdom ; and the perfected roads having justified a ...
... made in the four Northern Counties of Scotland , the improvements made in the Glasgow - Carlisle Road , and in ... diffused a spirit of road improvement throughout the whole Kingdom ; and the perfected roads having justified a ...
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On the 14th September , 1826 , he wrote to John Spottiswoode : ' The extent of this great Northern Road is so great and its connections so numerous that examining and comparing the best improvements , is like ringing changes on Bells .
On the 14th September , 1826 , he wrote to John Spottiswoode : ' The extent of this great Northern Road is so great and its connections so numerous that examining and comparing the best improvements , is like ringing changes on Bells .
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A civil engineer , ' he adds , ' is a zealous instrument in every extensive improvement , and the recent accession of numbers to that profession , of men who must possess much accurate and useful knowledge , is to be deemed an ...
A civil engineer , ' he adds , ' is a zealous instrument in every extensive improvement , and the recent accession of numbers to that profession , of men who must possess much accurate and useful knowledge , is to be deemed an ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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