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 RoadLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 - 465 pages |
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... Bridges 176 Retaining Walls 185 Breast Walls 186 Fence Walls 187 Cross Drains 188 Inlets 190 Outlets 191 Depôts 192 Toll Houses 194 Toll Gates and Bars 203 Lamps 205 Milestones 205 CHAP . VIII . MANAGEMENT OF ROAD WORKS , P. 206 ...
... Bridges 176 Retaining Walls 185 Breast Walls 186 Fence Walls 187 Cross Drains 188 Inlets 190 Outlets 191 Depôts 192 Toll Houses 194 Toll Gates and Bars 203 Lamps 205 Milestones 205 CHAP . VIII . MANAGEMENT OF ROAD WORKS , P. 206 ...
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... bridges which were built ! " * The following description of the manner in which the Roman roads were made , is taken from the same work : - " Les grands chemins étoient construits selon la diversité des lieux : ici ils s'avançoient de ...
... bridges which were built ! " * The following description of the manner in which the Roman roads were made , is taken from the same work : - " Les grands chemins étoient construits selon la diversité des lieux : ici ils s'avançoient de ...
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... bridges , and other public works , should exhibit in its roads such great imper- fections . It must , in truth , be admitted that the roads of England do no credit to the wisdom of her laws respecting them , nor to the care and skill of ...
... bridges , and other public works , should exhibit in its roads such great imper- fections . It must , in truth , be admitted that the roads of England do no credit to the wisdom of her laws respecting them , nor to the care and skill of ...
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... bridges . These roads traverse the High- lands of Scotland in all directions ; and , although the whole region consists of high mountains , the * A. Young , Tour in Ireland , vol . ii . p . 56 . lines have been laid out with so much ...
... bridges . These roads traverse the High- lands of Scotland in all directions ; and , although the whole region consists of high mountains , the * A. Young , Tour in Ireland , vol . ii . p . 56 . lines have been laid out with so much ...
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... Bridge ; the second , of 30 miles , from Chirk Bridge to Cernioge ; and the third , of 32 miles , from Cernioge to Bangor Ferry . " Over each of these districts an assistant surveyor or in- spector was appointed , care being taken to ...
... Bridge ; the second , of 30 miles , from Chirk Bridge to Cernioge ; and the third , of 32 miles , from Cernioge to Bangor Ferry . " Over each of these districts an assistant surveyor or in- spector was appointed , care being taken to ...
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Allesley arch Archway Road axles bottom breadth brick bridge broken stones built carriage centre coach coating commissioners constructed contract contractor Coventry cross drains DAVIES GILBERT depôts depth draught dynamometer earth eighteen inches elasticity embankments engineer expense experiments feet wide fences foot footpath fore wheels formed foundation four inches friction gravel ground half hard Hartshill height hill hind wheels Holyhead Road horizontal horses improvement inches deep inches thick inches wide instrument John Kershaw John Macneill labour laid length line of road manner masonry ment miles mortar mound necessary nine inches paved pavement placed Plate VII proper quicksets rails rates of inclination repair road-making roadway ruts side channels side springs six inches slopes specification spirit level springs square streets surface surveyor Telford theodolite Thomas Baylis three feet three inches trustees turnpike roads turnpike trusts upper velocity waggon whole wing walls
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