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Page 98
... lock pit in it . ' 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 ...
... lock pit in it . ' 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 ...
Page 222
... Lock , where the ground consisted of loose river gravel , in which the sill of the lowest lock had to be placed twenty feet below the lowest summer water level of Loch Ness . Only by the continuous operation of three of Mr. Watt's steam ...
... Lock , where the ground consisted of loose river gravel , in which the sill of the lowest lock had to be placed twenty feet below the lowest summer water level of Loch Ness . Only by the continuous operation of three of Mr. Watt's steam ...
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... Locks . These 20 Locks including 2 Miles of Canal , cost us 114 minutes , deduct 40 Minutes for the 2 Miles , 74 Minutes is the time remaining for Lockage , -2 minutes therefore and 14 Pr . Lock , requiring the admission of about 2500 ...
... Locks . These 20 Locks including 2 Miles of Canal , cost us 114 minutes , deduct 40 Minutes for the 2 Miles , 74 Minutes is the time remaining for Lockage , -2 minutes therefore and 14 Pr . Lock , requiring the admission of about 2500 ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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