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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... given to the Carthaginians . " The Romans did not neglect the example of the Carthaginians , and that part of their la- bours is not the least glorious to this people . The first road they made was the Via Appia , the second the Via ...
... given to the Carthaginians . " The Romans did not neglect the example of the Carthaginians , and that part of their la- bours is not the least glorious to this people . The first road they made was the Via Appia , the second the Via ...
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... given to them . The first class comprised the great roads which traverse the whole of France , from Paris to the principal cities and the ports ; the second class , the roads between the provinces and principal cities ; the third class ...
... given to them . The first class comprised the great roads which traverse the whole of France , from Paris to the principal cities and the ports ; the second class , the roads between the provinces and principal cities ; the third class ...
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... given to those that used carts ) usually required to per- form their journeys seems now almost incredible . The common carrier from Selkirk to Edinburgh , thirty - eight miles distant , required a fortnight for his journey between the ...
... given to those that used carts ) usually required to per- form their journeys seems now almost incredible . The common carrier from Selkirk to Edinburgh , thirty - eight miles distant , required a fortnight for his journey between the ...
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... given in note A. When expeditious travelling is the object . the maximum rate of inclination that never should be exceeded in passing over hills , if it be practi- cable to avoid exceeding it , is that which will afford every advantage ...
... given in note A. When expeditious travelling is the object . the maximum rate of inclination that never should be exceeded in passing over hills , if it be practi- cable to avoid exceeding it , is that which will afford every advantage ...
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... given in note A , more fully to explain the rules for crossing valleys . In many situations , particularly in mountainous countries , it will be found neces- sary to pass valleys or deep ravines by means of high arches of masonry , as ...
... given in note A , more fully to explain the rules for crossing valleys . In many situations , particularly in mountainous countries , it will be found neces- sary to pass valleys or deep ravines by means of high arches of masonry , as ...
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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.