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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Allesley arch Archway road bottom breadth bridge broken stones built carriage centre coating Commissioners Committee constructed contractor cross drains cubic yards defective depôts depth district draught earth eighteen inches embankment engineer expense of drawing experiments feet wide fences footpath formed Foster's Booth foundation four inches gravel ground half Hartshill hill Holyhead Road horizontal horses House improvement inches inches deep inches thick inclined plane instrument labour laid land length line of road London masonry means Menai Strait ment miles per hour necessary nine inches North Wales parish passing paved pavement pence placed principle proper rails railway Rates of Inclination repair road materials roadway side channels six inches slopes soft matter spirit level stage coach Stowe Hill streets surface surveyor Telford theodolite Thomas Baylis three inches tolls tons trustees turnpike roads velocity waggon walls weight wheels whole