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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... Embankments 83 Slopes at which different Strata will stand 85 London Clay 85 Sandstone 85 Clay and Marl 85 Oxford Clay · 86 Limestone Strata 87 Footpaths 87 Specification for forming a Road over a Peat Bog 91 CHAP . IV . DRAINAGE , P ...
... Embankments 83 Slopes at which different Strata will stand 85 London Clay 85 Sandstone 85 Clay and Marl 85 Oxford Clay · 86 Limestone Strata 87 Footpaths 87 Specification for forming a Road over a Peat Bog 91 CHAP . IV . DRAINAGE , P ...
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... 165 - 177 178 180 CHAP . VI . FENCES , P. 183 . Quick Fences Posts and Rails Fences in Cuttings Fences in Embankments Stone Fences Cutting of Hedges 183 · 184 184 186 186 187 CHAP . VII . ROAD MASONRY , P. 189 . CONTENTS . vii.
... 165 - 177 178 180 CHAP . VI . FENCES , P. 183 . Quick Fences Posts and Rails Fences in Cuttings Fences in Embankments Stone Fences Cutting of Hedges 183 · 184 184 186 186 187 CHAP . VII . ROAD MASONRY , P. 189 . CONTENTS . vii.
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... embankment at a reasonable should try expense , a line , A C B , higher up the valley , rather than in the direction A D B , where he would get into a lower level , ( see Plate I. Fig 2. ) Al- though this is the general principle ...
... embankment at a reasonable should try expense , a line , A C B , higher up the valley , rather than in the direction A D B , where he would get into a lower level , ( see Plate I. Fig 2. ) Al- though this is the general principle ...
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... embankment will be required in the line A D B , than in either the direct line A b B , or the line A c B , higher up the valley . Lately , when it was proposed by the Parliamentary Com- missioners of the Holyhead Road , to improve the ...
... embankment will be required in the line A D B , than in either the direct line A b B , or the line A c B , higher up the valley . Lately , when it was proposed by the Parliamentary Com- missioners of the Holyhead Road , to improve the ...
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... embankments of earth , such as the chalk hill embankment near Dunstable , and that near Chirk , in North Wales . In some situations it may be advisable to pass through a hill by means of a tunnel , instead of by deep cutting . There are ...
... embankments of earth , such as the chalk hill embankment near Dunstable , and that near Chirk , in North Wales . In some situations it may be advisable to pass through a hill by means of a tunnel , instead of by deep cutting . There are ...
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Allesley arch Archway road bottom breadth breast walls brick bridge broken stones built carriage centre coating Commissioners constructed contractor cross drains depôts depth district draught earth eighteen inches embankments engineer feet wide fences foot footpath formed Foster's Booth foundation four feet four inches gravel ground half Hartshill hill Holyhead Road horizontal horses improvement inches deep inches thick inches wide inclined plane J. C. LOUDON John Kershaw labour laid length line of road London masonry Menai Strait ment miles mortar necessary nine inches North Wales parish passing paved pavement pence placed Plate VII proper quicksets rails railway Rates of Inclination repair road materials road-making roadway side channels six inches sixteen inches slopes specification spirit level Stowe Hill streets surface surveyor Telford Thomas Baylis three feet three inches trustees turnpike roads valley velocity waggon weight wheels whole
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