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The tractive power being by horses , the railroad was laid out with the least possible inclination , the worst being at the rate of 45 feet per mile , or about 1 in 117. The total length of railroad was 125 miles and it was to rise in ...
The tractive power being by horses , the railroad was laid out with the least possible inclination , the worst being at the rate of 45 feet per mile , or about 1 in 117. The total length of railroad was 125 miles and it was to rise in ...
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After passing along a few Miles & through two or three locks , we arrived at the Audlem Chain of 14 Locks , and having passed these upwards , after little interval we ascended Six Locks . These 20 Locks including 2 } Miles of Canal ...
After passing along a few Miles & through two or three locks , we arrived at the Audlem Chain of 14 Locks , and having passed these upwards , after little interval we ascended Six Locks . These 20 Locks including 2 } Miles of Canal ...
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GLASGOW - CARLISLE ROAD , 93 miles . Holyhead Roads . First Survey of North Wales Roads . Chester to Corwen Survey , 294 miles . Shrewsbury to Bangor , 85 miles . Bangor to Chester , 63 miles . Anglesea , 20 miles . 1810 . 1810 .
GLASGOW - CARLISLE ROAD , 93 miles . Holyhead Roads . First Survey of North Wales Roads . Chester to Corwen Survey , 294 miles . Shrewsbury to Bangor , 85 miles . Bangor to Chester , 63 miles . Anglesea , 20 miles . 1810 . 1810 .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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