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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... 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 , the roads between the principal towns in the same province and 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 , the roads between the principal towns in the same province and the ...
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... whole country : a consider- able extent of it lay in the bottom of that district called the Gala Water , from the name of the principal stream , the channel of the water being , when not flooded , the track chosen as the most level and ...
... whole country : a consider- able extent of it lay in the bottom of that district called the Gala Water , from the name of the principal stream , the channel of the water being , when not flooded , the track chosen as the most level and ...
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... whole range of language terms sufficiently ex- pressive to describe this infernal road . Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may ac- cidentally propose to travel this terrible country * McCulloch's Dictionary of Commerce ...
... whole range of language terms sufficiently ex- pressive to describe this infernal road . Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may ac- cidentally propose to travel this terrible country * McCulloch's Dictionary of Commerce ...
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... whole king- dom . * Mr. Arthur Young , in his Tour in Ireland , says , " For a country so far behind us as Ireland to have got suddenly so much the start of us in the article of roads , is a spectacle that cannot fail to strike the ...
... whole king- dom . * Mr. Arthur Young , in his Tour in Ireland , says , " For a country so far behind us as Ireland to have got suddenly so much the start of us in the article of roads , is a spectacle that cannot fail to strike the ...
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... whole region consists of high mountains , the lines of road have been laid out with so much science , that the inclinations are every where moderate . Next to the tracing of these roads , the prin- cipal merit consists in the forming ...
... whole region consists of high mountains , the lines of road have been laid out with so much science , that the inclinations are every where moderate . Next to the tracing of these roads , the prin- cipal merit consists in the forming ...
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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.