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 |
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... give a better tone to the ideas of those country gen- tlemen who are the trustees of the interests of the public in its road concerns ; and encourage them to form a larger and more correct con- ception of their duties and their ...
... give a better tone to the ideas of those country gen- tlemen who are the trustees of the interests of the public in its road concerns ; and encourage them to form a larger and more correct con- ception of their duties and their ...
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... gives the following account of some of the roads in the north of England : " To Wigan . Turnpike . I know not in the whole range of language terms sufficiently ex- pressive to describe this infernal road . Let me most seriously caution ...
... gives the following account of some of the roads in the north of England : " To Wigan . Turnpike . I know not in the whole range of language terms sufficiently ex- pressive to describe this infernal road . Let me most seriously caution ...
Page 38
... give the clerk a certificate , showing all the money due . The clerk to collect the tolls , and to pay every one what ap- peared to be owing by the surveyor's certificate , and lodge the balance of his receipts with the treasurers ...
... give the clerk a certificate , showing all the money due . The clerk to collect the tolls , and to pay every one what ap- peared to be owing by the surveyor's certificate , and lodge the balance of his receipts with the treasurers ...
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... give double the necessary height to the bridge of Ganther , the po- sition of which admitted of no change . It was necessary also to increase the height of the stone buttresses of the bridge , to the extent of at least twenty metres ...
... give double the necessary height to the bridge of Ganther , the po- sition of which admitted of no change . It was necessary also to increase the height of the stone buttresses of the bridge , to the extent of at least twenty metres ...
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... give it a proper aspect . It is a great advantage to have a road on the north side of a valley fully exposed to the sun . For the same reason , all woods , high banks , high walls , and old fences ought to be avoided , in order that the ...
... give it a proper aspect . It is a great advantage to have a road on the north side of a valley fully exposed to the sun . For the same reason , all woods , high banks , high walls , and old fences ought to be avoided , in order that the ...
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Allesley Archway road bottom breadth bridge broken stones built carriage centre coating Commissioners contractor covered cross drains cubic yards depôts depth ditch draught earth Edition eighteen inches embankments engineer expense of drawing Fcap feet wide fences footpath formed Foster's Booth foundation four feet four inches gravel ground half Hartshill Holyhead Road Horizontal horses improvement inches deep inches thick inches wide inclined plane J. C. LOUDON John Kershaw labour laid land length line of road masonry ment metal pavement miles mound necessary nine inches North Wales parish passing paved pavement Pence placed Plate VII posts proper quicksets rails railway Rates of Inclination repair road materials road-making roadway side channels side drains six inches slopes specification spirit level Stowe Hill streets surface surveyor Telford Thomas Baylis three inches trustees turnpike roads valley velocity Vols waggon weight wheels whole
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