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 TelfordLongman, 1833 - 438 sider |
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... Granite -Mountsorrel Stone- Hartshill Stone Shropshire , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire Pebbles Schistus - Limestone — Sandstone 270 - 271 271 - 271 Page Flints - Gravel 271 Quantity of Materials 272 Preparation CONTENTS . ix.
... Granite -Mountsorrel Stone- Hartshill Stone Shropshire , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire Pebbles Schistus - Limestone — Sandstone 270 - 271 271 - 271 Page Flints - Gravel 271 Quantity of Materials 272 Preparation CONTENTS . ix.
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... Hartshill stone laid upon it ; and to ascertain what would be the comparative effect of using the same stone on the old surface of the road , I had a large quantity of it laid on between the arch and the Holloway road . The result is ...
... Hartshill stone laid upon it ; and to ascertain what would be the comparative effect of using the same stone on the old surface of the road , I had a large quantity of it laid on between the arch and the Holloway road . The result is ...
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... moving the drift is not only diminished , but with Hartshill stone , Guernsey granite , or other stone equally hard , is nearly altogether avoided . ” to take up all the road materials , and cover M 2 DIFFERENT MODES OF CONSTRUCTION . 163.
... moving the drift is not only diminished , but with Hartshill stone , Guernsey granite , or other stone equally hard , is nearly altogether avoided . ” to take up all the road materials , and cover M 2 DIFFERENT MODES OF CONSTRUCTION . 163.
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... Hartshill stone 20 0 ΟΙ 8 0 0 · 130 0 0 81 0 0 4140 5 6 SECOND DIVISION : Coventry to Allesley . To removing 38990 yards of earth , at 9d . To 3760 lineal yards road - mak- 1462 2 6 ing , at 15s . · 2820 0 0 To 3760 lineal yards of fenc ...
... Hartshill stone 20 0 ΟΙ 8 0 0 · 130 0 0 81 0 0 4140 5 6 SECOND DIVISION : Coventry to Allesley . To removing 38990 yards of earth , at 9d . To 3760 lineal yards road - mak- 1462 2 6 ing , at 15s . · 2820 0 0 To 3760 lineal yards of fenc ...
Side 271
... Hartshill stone of Leicestershire , and the pebbles of Shrop- shire , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire , are among the best of the stones now commonly in use . The schistus rocks being of a slaty and argil- laceous structure , will make ...
... Hartshill stone of Leicestershire , and the pebbles of Shrop- shire , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire , are among the best of the stones now commonly in use . The schistus rocks being of a slaty and argil- laceous structure , will make ...
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Allesley Archway road bottom breadth bridge broken stones built carriage centre coating Commissioners contractor covered cross drains cubic yards depôts depth ditch draught earth Edition eighteen inches embankments engineer expense of drawing Fcap feet wide fences footpath formed Foster's Booth foundation four feet four inches gravel ground half Hartshill Holyhead Road Horizontal horses improvement inches deep inches thick inches wide inclined plane J. C. LOUDON John Kershaw labour laid land length line of road masonry ment metal pavement miles mound necessary nine inches North Wales parish passing paved pavement Pence placed Plate VII posts proper quicksets rails railway Rates of Inclination repair road materials road-making roadway side channels side drains six inches slopes specification spirit level Stowe Hill streets surface surveyor Telford Thomas Baylis three inches trustees turnpike roads valley velocity Vols waggon weight wheels whole
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