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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... feet wide , with two side ways , each eight feet wide , separated from the middle way by two raised paths of two feet each . " * The funds for making roads were so well se- cured and so considerable , that the Romans were not satisfied ...
... feet wide , with two side ways , each eight feet wide , separated from the middle way by two raised paths of two feet each . " * The funds for making roads were so well se- cured and so considerable , that the Romans were not satisfied ...
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... feet ; of the third at thirty feet ; and of the fourth at twenty - four feet . " The roads have since been divided into three classes , not according to their breadth , but their direction . " * All the principal roads of France are ...
... feet ; of the third at thirty feet ; and of the fourth at twenty - four feet . " The roads have since been divided into three classes , not according to their breadth , but their direction . " * All the principal roads of France are ...
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... feet of the mules travelling over the mountains during a long series of years . The revenue applicable to the construction and repairing of the roads is derived , 1st , from tollgates ; and 2d , from local taxes . Upon 16 A TREATISE ON ...
... feet of the mules travelling over the mountains during a long series of years . The revenue applicable to the construction and repairing of the roads is derived , 1st , from tollgates ; and 2d , from local taxes . Upon 16 A TREATISE ON ...
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... feet above the general level of the land on each side of it , so as to expose the surface of it fully to the sun and wind ; for if there is not a longitudinal inclination of at least 1 in 100 on a road , water will not run off ; in ...
... feet above the general level of the land on each side of it , so as to expose the surface of it fully to the sun and wind ; for if there is not a longitudinal inclination of at least 1 in 100 on a road , water will not run off ; in ...
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... feet higher than London : and , in going from Barnet to London , a horse must ascend nearly 800 feet , although London is 500 feet lower than Barnet . * Another instance of this defect in road en- gineering is observable in the line of ...
... feet higher than London : and , in going from Barnet to London , a horse must ascend nearly 800 feet , although London is 500 feet lower than Barnet . * Another instance of this defect in road en- gineering is observable in the line of ...
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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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Page 23 - They will here meet with rutts which I actually measured four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer; what therefore must it be after a winter?
Page 10 - All these cities were connected with each other, and with the capital, by the public highways, which, issuing from the Forum of Rome, traversed Italy, pervaded the provinces, and were terminated only by the frontiers of the empire. If we carefully trace the distance from the wall of Antoninus to Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great chain of communication, from the north-west to the south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty...
Page 23 - A more dreadful road cannot be imagined. I was obliged to hire two men at one place to support my chaise from overturning. Let me persuade all travellers to avoid this terrible country, which must either dislocate their bones with broken pavements, or bury them in muddy sand.
Page 10 - The public roads were accurately divided by milestones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very little respect for the obstacles either of nature or private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams.
Page 291 - At many turnpikes, it has been said, the money levied is more than double of what is necessary for executing, in the completest manner, the work, which is often executed in a very slovenly manner, and sometimes not executed at all.