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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Page 37
... meeting of the commis- sioners they appointed a professional engineer as their general surveyor , also a clerk and a treasurer , and fixed upon a plan of management , of which the following is an outline . " The total distance from ...
... meeting of the commis- sioners they appointed a professional engineer as their general surveyor , also a clerk and a treasurer , and fixed upon a plan of management , of which the following is an outline . " The total distance from ...
Page 222
... meeting in the middle , without a centre post ; by these means an opening may easily be had of from twenty - four to thirty feet in the clear . Toll - gates should be painted white , to make them more easily seen in the night - time ...
... meeting in the middle , without a centre post ; by these means an opening may easily be had of from twenty - four to thirty feet in the clear . Toll - gates should be painted white , to make them more easily seen in the night - time ...
Page 251
... meeting in an angle at the bottom , and the whole neatly dressed and covered with green sod . * FENCING . The fencing to be constructed as shown in the section , a ditch to be cut , and a mound to be raised , together occupying eight ...
... meeting in an angle at the bottom , and the whole neatly dressed and covered with green sod . * FENCING . The fencing to be constructed as shown in the section , a ditch to be cut , and a mound to be raised , together occupying eight ...
Page 293
... meetings ; for , besides frequently experi encing opposition and defeat at the hands of the least worthy of their associates , they are annoyed by the noise , and language with which the dis- cussions are carried on , and feel ...
... meetings ; for , besides frequently experi encing opposition and defeat at the hands of the least worthy of their associates , they are annoyed by the noise , and language with which the dis- cussions are carried on , and feel ...
Page 294
... meetings , finally decide upon some useful measure , when another set of trustees summon a meeting , and rescind all their fellow trustees have done . This is a course of pro- ceeding which is , of itself , sufficient to establish ...
... meetings , finally decide upon some useful measure , when another set of trustees summon a meeting , and rescind all their fellow trustees have done . This is a course of pro- ceeding which is , of itself , sufficient to establish ...
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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.