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Page 145
... necessary parlia- mentary proceedings . After apparently making quite considerable headway , the scheme then fades away and was never revived . At the outset of his report Telford gives his views on transport generally ; and here to ...
... necessary parlia- mentary proceedings . After apparently making quite considerable headway , the scheme then fades away and was never revived . At the outset of his report Telford gives his views on transport generally ; and here to ...
Page 174
... necessary by an exceptionally violent gale , and were carried out by Provis . The bridge is maintained by Government . Some years ago it was subjected to a most careful examination in every point and found to be entirely adequate and ...
... necessary by an exceptionally violent gale , and were carried out by Provis . The bridge is maintained by Government . Some years ago it was subjected to a most careful examination in every point and found to be entirely adequate and ...
Page 185
... necessary for warehouses and entrances was subtracted to acres only remained for the actual docks.- It being obvious that the accommodation required could not be obtained by the simple forms of squares and parallelograms , I was , from ...
... necessary for warehouses and entrances was subtracted to acres only remained for the actual docks.- It being obvious that the accommodation required could not be obtained by the simple forms of squares and parallelograms , I was , from ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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