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In addition to adequate signposts , the names of villages were recommended to be painted on prominent boards . Many of these recommendations Telford was repeating before the Holyhead Road Committee more than thirty years later .
In addition to adequate signposts , the names of villages were recommended to be painted on prominent boards . Many of these recommendations Telford was repeating before the Holyhead Road Committee more than thirty years later .
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... and the Plans and propositions they have approved and recommended , are founded entirely upon and are little else than an abstract of the plans , Estimates and explanations and informations afforded them by Mr. Douglas and myself .
... and the Plans and propositions they have approved and recommended , are founded entirely upon and are little else than an abstract of the plans , Estimates and explanations and informations afforded them by Mr. Douglas and myself .
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Telford's view was that the trade of Leith did not justify works at heavy expense ; but his recommendations were not acceptable ... It is incidentally interesting to note that Telford strongly recommended 1 the provision of a tug - boat ...
Telford's view was that the trade of Leith did not justify works at heavy expense ; but his recommendations were not acceptable ... It is incidentally interesting to note that Telford strongly recommended 1 the provision of a tug - boat ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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| Title | The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
| Author | Sir Alexander Gibb |
| Publisher | A. Maclehose & Company, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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