were placed under Mr. Telford's charge; and an admirable road was very shortly under construction b...
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a quagmire, and the occupants, having extricated themselves from their perilous situation, performe...
travel upon. At several places between Bangor and Capel-Curig there are a number of dangerous preci...
railway. Along these, horses drew the sledges laden with stone required for the work; the material ...
months before his death, that for some time previous to the opening of the bridge, his anxiety was ...
necessary a convenience. The design first proposed by a local architect was a bridge of three arche...
effectually opened up for navigation, and a convenient transit afforded for coals and other article...
charged upon the Consolidated Fund to meet assessments and tolls of the Highland roads, amounting t...
must so materially affect their interests. Towards the close of his life, he was afflicted by deafn...
*[6] Mr. Hughes, C.E., in his 'Memoir of William Jessop,' published in 'Weale's Quarterly Papers on...
the other contained 378 tons. The new structure was, besides, extremely elegant in form; and when t...
of the arch-stones and the cross walls of each abutment. Thus great strength as well as lightness w...
almost entirely to the Lowlands, and had scarcely penetrated the mountainous regions lying towards ...
lochs in the neighbourhood of the Isle of Skye. As to the means of executing these improvements, he...
These undertakings may, indeed, be regarded in the light of a working academy; from which eight hun...