A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made are Explained and Illustrated, by the Plans, Specifications, and Contracts Made Use of by Thomas Telford, Esq. on the Holyhead RoadLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 - 465 pàgines |
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... continued to be the most efficient of the com- missioners . Fully impressed with the importance of rendering the communication between London and Dublin perfect , he has , during the last twenty years , applied himself to this object ...
... continued to be the most efficient of the com- missioners . Fully impressed with the importance of rendering the communication between London and Dublin perfect , he has , during the last twenty years , applied himself to this object ...
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... continued them with great regularity . " Under the administration of M. de Trudaine , in 1787 , a number of new roads were made . He established the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées , under M. Perronet , as chief engineer , and at his death ...
... continued them with great regularity . " Under the administration of M. de Trudaine , in 1787 , a number of new roads were made . He established the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées , under M. Perronet , as chief engineer , and at his death ...
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... continued by Vittoria and Irun to France . Both these roads are in tole- rable repair . From Valladolid a good road has been made by Valentia and Reynosa to Santander . There are two good roads to Bilboa ; one by Miranda , the other by ...
... continued by Vittoria and Irun to France . Both these roads are in tole- rable repair . From Valladolid a good road has been made by Valentia and Reynosa to Santander . There are two good roads to Bilboa ; one by Miranda , the other by ...
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... continued as a perpetual law before the conclusion of it . Yet the great roads of England remained almost in their ancient condition , even as late as 1752 or 1754 , when the traveller seldom saw a turnpike for 200 miles after leaving ...
... continued as a perpetual law before the conclusion of it . Yet the great roads of England remained almost in their ancient condition , even as late as 1752 or 1754 , when the traveller seldom saw a turnpike for 200 miles after leaving ...
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... advice , and Parliament having continued to grant further sums of money , eighty - two miles of new road have been made by him through North Wales , between Chirk and Holyhead : three miles between Chirk and 30 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... advice , and Parliament having continued to grant further sums of money , eighty - two miles of new road have been made by him through North Wales , between Chirk and Holyhead : three miles between Chirk and 30 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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Pàgina 20 - They will here meet with rutts which I actually measured four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer; what therefore must it be after a winter?