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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... Depôts 192 Toll Houses 194 Toll Gates and Bars 203 Lamps 205 Milestones 205 CHAP . VIII . MANAGEMENT OF ROAD WORKS , P. 206 . Drawings Specifications Estimates Contracts Deeds of Contract 206 206 206 208 209 CHAP . IX . IMPROVING OLD ...
... Depôts 192 Toll Houses 194 Toll Gates and Bars 203 Lamps 205 Milestones 205 CHAP . VIII . MANAGEMENT OF ROAD WORKS , P. 206 . Drawings Specifications Estimates Contracts Deeds of Contract 206 206 206 208 209 CHAP . IX . IMPROVING OLD ...
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... depôt of this form and dimensions will hold twenty - four cubic yards of materials ; and four of these depôts on a mile , at 428 yards apart , will contain 100 cubic yards . The depôts should not in any case be placed farther from each ...
... depôt of this form and dimensions will hold twenty - four cubic yards of materials ; and four of these depôts on a mile , at 428 yards apart , will contain 100 cubic yards . The depôts should not in any case be placed farther from each ...
Page 193
... depôt ; it is to be thirteen yards long and ten inches in the square . " ( See Plate IV . fig . 7. ) Specification for building Depôts with Bricks . " Four depôts for holding repairing materials are to be erected , in each mile of road ...
... depôt ; it is to be thirteen yards long and ten inches in the square . " ( See Plate IV . fig . 7. ) Specification for building Depôts with Bricks . " Four depôts for holding repairing materials are to be erected , in each mile of road ...
Page 194
... depôt , and flush with the upper surface of the pavement ; it is to be three inches thick and six inches deep ... depôts are to have a mound of earth raised behind them eighteen inches deep and two feet wide , and faced with green ...
... depôt , and flush with the upper surface of the pavement ; it is to be three inches thick and six inches deep ... depôts are to have a mound of earth raised behind them eighteen inches deep and two feet wide , and faced with green ...
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... depôts , and fences which are required to be made . II . A specification should be prepared , to ex- plain in detail the precise method of executing every part of the work . III . After the specification has been settled , an estimate ...
... depôts , and fences which are required to be made . II . A specification should be prepared , to ex- plain in detail the precise method of executing every part of the work . III . After the specification has been settled , an estimate ...
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