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Page 75
... passing of news from one side of the country to the other . The putting in hand of all these works would go far to ... passed the same Session and work was started at once under the Highland Roads and Bridges Commissioners and the ...
... passing of news from one side of the country to the other . The putting in hand of all these works would go far to ... passed the same Session and work was started at once under the Highland Roads and Bridges Commissioners and the ...
Page 173
... passed over , carrying it would seem little but Telford's assistants or the con- tractors . The inside passengers were Tierney , Smith , Palmer and Monterloney . W. A. Provis and his brother John joined at Bangor ; Akers , the Mail ...
... passed over , carrying it would seem little but Telford's assistants or the con- tractors . The inside passengers were Tierney , Smith , Palmer and Monterloney . W. A. Provis and his brother John joined at Bangor ; Akers , the Mail ...
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... 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 , cost us ...
... 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 , cost us ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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