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 Road |
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Page 19
... half for the stage coach to travel from Edinburgh to Glasgow , a journey which is now accomplished in four and a half or five hours . " So late as 1763 there was but one stage coach from Edinburgh to London , and it set out only once a ...
... half for the stage coach to travel from Edinburgh to Glasgow , a journey which is now accomplished in four and a half or five hours . " So late as 1763 there was but one stage coach from Edinburgh to London , and it set out only once a ...
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... half mile : but , if the hill were of an incli- nation of 1 in 35 , it may be driven down with per- fect safety at the rate of twelve miles an hour ; at which rate the time for going half a mile would be two minutes and a half , so that ...
... half mile : but , if the hill were of an incli- nation of 1 in 35 , it may be driven down with per- fect safety at the rate of twelve miles an hour ; at which rate the time for going half a mile would be two minutes and a half , so that ...
Page 50
... half a league long ; it is fifteen feet broad and as many high . RIVERS . The peculiar circumstances of a river may render it necessary to deviate from a direct line in laying out a road . A difficulty may arise from the breadth of the ...
... half a league long ; it is fifteen feet broad and as many high . RIVERS . The peculiar circumstances of a river may render it necessary to deviate from a direct line in laying out a road . A difficulty may arise from the breadth of the ...
Page 51
... half a mile , or even a quarter of a mile of road be saved , by expending even several thousand pounds , the good done ex- tends to posterity , and the saving in annual repairs and horse labour that will be the result will , before long ...
... half a mile , or even a quarter of a mile of road be saved , by expending even several thousand pounds , the good done ex- tends to posterity , and the saving in annual repairs and horse labour that will be the result will , before long ...
Page 62
... half a mile in length . " Would it contribute to the good order and keeping up of a road to pay attention to these points ? It would be a great saving . - " A road is easier kept clean and dry ? — Yes , and more easily seen where it ...
... half a mile in length . " Would it contribute to the good order and keeping up of a road to pay attention to these points ? It would be a great saving . - " A road is easier kept clean and dry ? — Yes , and more easily seen where it ...
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