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... supply . In these days Glasgow is considered to have arrived as near to the ideal of a pure water supply as a large city can hope to reach . At the beginning of last century it was other- wise . Various projects for an improved water supply ...
... supply . In these days Glasgow is considered to have arrived as near to the ideal of a pure water supply as a large city can hope to reach . At the beginning of last century it was other- wise . Various projects for an improved water supply ...
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... supply and sewering of London . Many years before , Telford's London Bridge scheme had led him to investigate means for dealing with the old London Bridge Water Works . These dated from 1581 , and merely consisted of a number of wheels ...
... supply and sewering of London . Many years before , Telford's London Bridge scheme had led him to investigate means for dealing with the old London Bridge Water Works . These dated from 1581 , and merely consisted of a number of wheels ...
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... supply being insufficient and impure and the system antiquated . The Magistrates took no action , and it was not till 1819 , when the Edinburgh Joint Stock Water Company was formed , that the city began to receive an adequate supply of ...
... supply being insufficient and impure and the system antiquated . The Magistrates took no action , and it was not till 1819 , when the Edinburgh Joint Stock Water Company was formed , that the city began to receive an adequate supply of ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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