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... HISTORY OF INLAND COMMUNICATION IN BRITAIN . First Series . 2 vols . 8vo . 42s . With Portraits and 200 Woodcuts . Vol . I. SIR CORNELIUS VERMUYDEN - SIR HUGH MYDDELTON - JAMES BRINDLEY . Vol . II . JOHN SMEATON - JOHN RENNIE - THOMAS ...
... HISTORY OF INLAND COMMUNICATION IN BRITAIN . First Series . 2 vols . 8vo . 42s . With Portraits and 200 Woodcuts . Vol . I. SIR CORNELIUS VERMUYDEN - SIR HUGH MYDDELTON - JAMES BRINDLEY . Vol . II . JOHN SMEATON - JOHN RENNIE - THOMAS ...
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... history . The ancient British encampment , of which many specimens are still to be found on the summits of hills , with occasional indications of human dwellings within them in the circular hollows or pits over which huts once stood ...
... history . The ancient British encampment , of which many specimens are still to be found on the summits of hills , with occasional indications of human dwellings within them in the circular hollows or pits over which huts once stood ...
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... history , than the reclamation and cultivation of lands won from the sea , the making of roads and building of bridges , the supplying of towns with water , and the construction of canals and railroads for the ready conveyance of ...
... history , than the reclamation and cultivation of lands won from the sea , the making of roads and building of bridges , the supplying of towns with water , and the construction of canals and railroads for the ready conveyance of ...
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... history does not reach so far back as the period at which Romney Marsh was first reclaimed , but doubtless the work is one of great antiquity . The district is about fourteen miles long and eight broad , divided into Romney Marsh ...
... history does not reach so far back as the period at which Romney Marsh was first reclaimed , but doubtless the work is one of great antiquity . The district is about fourteen miles long and eight broad , divided into Romney Marsh ...
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... history of that place that a company of mourners , with the corpse they carried , were once lost when proceeding by boat from Thorne to Hatfield . When Leland visited the county in 1607 , he went by boat from Thorne to Tudworth , over ...
... history of that place that a company of mourners , with the corpse they carried , were once lost when proceeding by boat from Thorne to Hatfield . When Leland visited the county in 1607 , he went by boat from Thorne to Tudworth , over ...
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afterwards bank became boats Brading breach Bridge Bridgewater Canal Brindley Brindley's Burslem called carried channel coal conduits Congleton constructed contrived Cwmsymlog Dagenham Denbigh difficulty district drain drainage drowned Duke of Bridgewater Duke's canal Earl embankment employed enable engineer England enterprise erected executed Fcap feet Fens Gilbert Grand Trunk ground haven hill History horses improved industry inhabitants inland Irwell James James Brindley King labour land length Liverpool London machinery Manchester manufacturing Marsh ment Mersey miles mill millwright mines navigation neighbourhood occasion occupied opening Parliament passed Perry port Post 8vo Potteries proceeded purpose reclaimed Riquet river river Irwell river Mersey roads Romney Marsh Royal Runcorn Second Edition shortly Sir Cornelius Vermuyden Sir Hugh Myddelton skill sluices Staffordshire stream Street supply Thames tide tion town trade tunnel Turnhurst undertaking Vermuyden Vols Wedgwood whilst Woodcuts workmen Worsley