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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... 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 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.