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 95
... mortar , they are not so good as the open - jointed drain last described , unless there is a con- siderable run of water . Plate II . fig . 12 . If springs rise in the site of the road , or in the slopes of deep cuttings , stone or tile ...
... mortar , they are not so good as the open - jointed drain last described , unless there is a con- siderable run of water . Plate II . fig . 12 . If springs rise in the site of the road , or in the slopes of deep cuttings , stone or tile ...
Page 132
... mortar must also be provided ; and , besides the common tools , each pavior should have a wooden maul , the head of which should be made of beech or elm , and should weigh about fourteen pounds . The stones should be selected so that ...
... mortar must also be provided ; and , besides the common tools , each pavior should have a wooden maul , the head of which should be made of beech or elm , and should weigh about fourteen pounds . The stones should be selected so that ...
Page 133
... mortar with a very close joint upon a strong gravel bed of six inches in depth . The flagstones should be at least two inches and a half thick ; the surface of the foot pavements should have a declivity at the rate of one inch in ten ...
... mortar with a very close joint upon a strong gravel bed of six inches in depth . The flagstones should be at least two inches and a half thick ; the surface of the foot pavements should have a declivity at the rate of one inch in ten ...
Page 136
... mortar . Paved streets have been objected to on ac- count of the noise made by carriages passing over them . The noise chiefly arises from the boxes of the wheels striking the arms of the axle- trees ; and , therefore , when a paved ...
... mortar . Paved streets have been objected to on ac- count of the noise made by carriages passing over them . The noise chiefly arises from the boxes of the wheels striking the arms of the axle- trees ; and , therefore , when a paved ...
Page 187
... mortar : the whole of the masonry to be laid in level beds , and well bonded . " All road fences should be kept as low as pos- sible , in order that they may not intercept the sun and wind , and diminish their effect in pro- ducing ...
... mortar : the whole of the masonry to be laid in level beds , and well bonded . " All road fences should be kept as low as pos- sible , in order that they may not intercept the sun and wind , and diminish their effect in pro- ducing ...
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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.