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 sider |
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Side 131
... Road Sir Henry Parnell. that the labour of horses in drawing over gravel roads is more than four times as great as it ... Road , dated 6th May 1824 , p . 7 : - " As there is an ascent the whole way from London to the Archway road , it is ...
... Road Sir Henry Parnell. that the labour of horses in drawing over gravel roads is more than four times as great as it ... Road , dated 6th May 1824 , p . 7 : - " As there is an ascent the whole way from London to the Archway road , it is ...
Side 153
... driving - way hard and smooth , I caused an experiment to be made along a quarter of a mile , at the northern extremity of this road ( the Highgate Archway Road ) , by constructing the roadway with a bottoming of Parker's cement and ...
... driving - way hard and smooth , I caused an experiment to be made along a quarter of a mile , at the northern extremity of this road ( the Highgate Archway Road ) , by constructing the roadway with a bottoming of Parker's cement and ...
Side 156
... Road Sir Henry Parnell. the annual expense of keeping the road in repair was 4201 . Notwithstanding the investigation ... Archway Com- pany , for taking the road under their management , and for borrowing from the Treasury a sum of money ...
... Road Sir Henry Parnell. the annual expense of keeping the road in repair was 4201 . Notwithstanding the investigation ... Archway Com- pany , for taking the road under their management , and for borrowing from the Treasury a sum of money ...
Side 157
... Road Sir Henry Parnell. ing down this cemented mass , and constructing the road , is fully detailed in the following ... Archway road ? —I did . " Will you explain to the Committee the expense of the cement composition which was laid on ...
... Road Sir Henry Parnell. ing down this cemented mass , and constructing the road , is fully detailed in the following ... Archway road ? —I did . " Will you explain to the Committee the expense of the cement composition which was laid on ...
Side 159
... Archway Road ? - About twopence dearer than it would in London . " How many yards wide was it laid ? - Six yards wide : the gravel that was found in the road was made use of for part of it ; if it had to be purchased , it would have ...
... Archway Road ? - About twopence dearer than it would in London . " How many yards wide was it laid ? - Six yards wide : the gravel that was found in the road was made use of for part of it ; if it had to be purchased , it would have ...
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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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Side 20 - 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?