James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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... side vast expanses of rich mud and ooze . Opposite the City of London , the tides washed LONDON WEST HAM MARSH EAST HAM PLAISTOWLEVEL LEVEL CREENWICH WOOLWICH BARKING LEVEL PACENHAM MARSHA WENNINGTON MARSH DARTFORD THURROCK MARSH ...
... side vast expanses of rich mud and ooze . Opposite the City of London , the tides washed LONDON WEST HAM MARSH EAST HAM PLAISTOWLEVEL LEVEL CREENWICH WOOLWICH BARKING LEVEL PACENHAM MARSHA WENNINGTON MARSH DARTFORD THURROCK MARSH ...
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... side ; and originally it must have been at least forty miles in extent , winding along under the eastern side of the high land , which extends in an irregular line up the centre of the district from Stamford to Lincoln . The eastern ...
... side ; and originally it must have been at least forty miles in extent , winding along under the eastern side of the high land , which extends in an irregular line up the centre of the district from Stamford to Lincoln . The eastern ...
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... sides were stables and barns . Ano- ther good house was built by Ma- thew Valkenburgh , on the Middle Ing , near the Don , which afterwards became the property of the Boynton family . Sir Philibert Vernatti and the two De Witts erected ...
... sides were stables and barns . Ano- ther good house was built by Ma- thew Valkenburgh , on the Middle Ing , near the Don , which afterwards became the property of the Boynton family . Sir Philibert Vernatti and the two De Witts erected ...
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... side of the Don , and the rumour went abroad that Sir Ralph Humby was about to march into the Isle of Axholme with his forces . To prevent this , the committee at Lincoln gave orders to break the dykes , and pull up the flood - gates at ...
... side of the Don , and the rumour went abroad that Sir Ralph Humby was about to march into the Isle of Axholme with his forces . To prevent this , the committee at Lincoln gave orders to break the dykes , and pull up the flood - gates at ...
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... side of Morton's Leam , from Peterborough to Wisbeach ; a navigable sasse , or sluice , at Standground ; a new river ... sides ; and a new sluice in the marshes below Tydd , upon the out- fall of Shire Drain . These and other works were ...
... side of Morton's Leam , from Peterborough to Wisbeach ; a navigable sasse , or sluice , at Standground ; a new river ... sides ; and a new sluice in the marshes below Tydd , upon the out- fall of Shire Drain . These and other works were ...
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