James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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Page ix
... road and river communication - Modes and cost of inland carriage- Natural advantages for communication by rivers and canals- England behind Holland , France , and Russia - Isolated efforts - John Trew's Canal at Exeter - Francis ...
... road and river communication - Modes and cost of inland carriage- Natural advantages for communication by rivers and canals- England behind Holland , France , and Russia - Isolated efforts - John Trew's Canal at Exeter - Francis ...
Page x
... roads about Manchester and elsewhere Scarcity of food from the badness of the roads - Bad roads and dear coals The Mersey and Irwell , bad navigation The Duke of Bridgewater's project to make a water road from his collieries at Worsley ...
... roads about Manchester and elsewhere Scarcity of food from the badness of the roads - Bad roads and dear coals The Mersey and Irwell , bad navigation The Duke of Bridgewater's project to make a water road from his collieries at Worsley ...
Page 1
... roads , bridges , canals , and railways , and to construct lighthouses , breakwaters , docks , and harbours for the protection and accommodation of its commerce . Those great works have been the result of the continuous industry of the ...
... roads , bridges , canals , and railways , and to construct lighthouses , breakwaters , docks , and harbours for the protection and accommodation of its commerce . Those great works have been the result of the continuous industry of the ...
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... roads and building of bridges , the supplying of towns with water , and the construction of canals and railroads for the ready conveyance of persons and merchandise throughout the empire . In England , as in all countries , men began ...
... roads and building of bridges , the supplying of towns with water , and the construction of canals and railroads for the ready conveyance of persons and merchandise throughout the empire . In England , as in all countries , men began ...
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... road was made , called " High Street " to this day ; while two Italians , named Acontius and Castilione , reclaimed the Combe and East Greenwich marshes on the south bank of the river . We also relied very much on foreigners for our ...
... road was made , called " High Street " to this day ; while two Italians , named Acontius and Castilione , reclaimed the Combe and East Greenwich marshes on the south bank of the river . We also relied very much on foreigners for our ...
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