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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... Footpaths Road with a Foundation of rubble Stone , and a Surface of broken Stones Road made of broken Stones 177 - 178 Specification for forming a Road over a Peat Road made with Gravel 180 Bog CHAP . IV . CHAP . VI . DRAINAGE , P. 93 ...
... Footpaths Road with a Foundation of rubble Stone , and a Surface of broken Stones Road made of broken Stones 177 - 178 Specification for forming a Road over a Peat Road made with Gravel 180 Bog CHAP . IV . CHAP . VI . DRAINAGE , P. 93 ...
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... Footpath Outlets Side Channels Depôts Wastes Toll Houses Fences Toll Gates and Bars Parish Roads Lamps Milestones CHAP . VIII . MANAGEMENT OF ROAD WORKS , P. 226 . Surface Convexity Drains Embanking CHAP . X. REPAIRING ROADS , P. 270 ...
... Footpath Outlets Side Channels Depôts Wastes Toll Houses Fences Toll Gates and Bars Parish Roads Lamps Milestones CHAP . VIII . MANAGEMENT OF ROAD WORKS , P. 226 . Surface Convexity Drains Embanking CHAP . X. REPAIRING ROADS , P. 270 ...
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... footpaths of the aboriginal inhabitants of the country . The following passage is taken from a pam- phlet , called " The Landed Property of Eng- land : " - " Most of the old roads of the kingdom ( the remains of the Roman ways excepted ) ...
... footpaths of the aboriginal inhabitants of the country . The following passage is taken from a pam- phlet , called " The Landed Property of Eng- land : " - " Most of the old roads of the kingdom ( the remains of the Roman ways excepted ) ...
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... footpaths of a road should be formed at the same time as the bed of the road ; also the fences , if they consist of mounds of earth or ditches : but these will be more particularly described in a subsequent chapter . The following ...
... footpaths of a road should be formed at the same time as the bed of the road ; also the fences , if they consist of mounds of earth or ditches : but these will be more particularly described in a subsequent chapter . The following ...
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... footpath . The slopes of all embankments from the outside of the quick borders are to be two horizontal to one perpen- dicular , neatly dressed and covered with green sod at least four inches thick , evenly laid , and closely jointed ...
... footpath . The slopes of all embankments from the outside of the quick borders are to be two horizontal to one perpen- dicular , neatly dressed and covered with green sod at least four inches thick , evenly laid , and closely jointed ...
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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