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 páginas |
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... quicksets are to be protected by two rows of posts and rails ; three rails in each row : the posts to be of good oak , five feet long , five inches deep by three inches wide , with large buts sunk two feet in the ground . " The rails ...
... quicksets are to be protected by two rows of posts and rails ; three rails in each row : the posts to be of good oak , five feet long , five inches deep by three inches wide , with large buts sunk two feet in the ground . " The rails ...
Página 174
... quicksets , twelve in each lineal yard , are to be set in the middle of these two feet . " " These quicksets are to be protected by two rows of posts and rails , as before described . " Where timber is scarce , quick fences may be ...
... quicksets , twelve in each lineal yard , are to be set in the middle of these two feet . " " These quicksets are to be protected by two rows of posts and rails , as before described . " Where timber is scarce , quick fences may be ...
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... quicksets , of twelve in each yard , to be planted on the mound . A single rail fence is to made to protect the quicksets : the top of the rail is to be fourteen inches above the mound . " Wherever a road is carried through a deep cut ...
... quicksets , of twelve in each yard , to be planted on the mound . A single rail fence is to made to protect the quicksets : the top of the rail is to be fourteen inches above the mound . " Wherever a road is carried through a deep cut ...
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... quicksets planted in it , which are to be pro- tected by the field row of posts and rails before described : a tile drain to be laid in front of the depôt ; it is to be thirteen yards long and ten inches in the square . " ( See Plate IV ...
... quicksets planted in it , which are to be pro- tected by the field row of posts and rails before described : a tile drain to be laid in front of the depôt ; it is to be thirteen yards long and ten inches in the square . " ( See Plate IV ...
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... quicksets , and also at the tops of the slopes , where the ground inclines to the road ; to be one foot deep ... quick- sets to be planted on the ditch side of the mound , as shown in the section . Nine plants to be set in * In wet land ...
... quicksets , and also at the tops of the slopes , where the ground inclines to the road ; to be one foot deep ... quick- sets to be planted on the ditch side of the mound , as shown in the section . Nine plants to be set in * In wet land ...
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A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ... Sir Henry Parnell Visualização integral - 1837 |
A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ... Sir Henry Parnell Visualização integral - 1833 |
A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ... Sir Henry Parnell Visualização integral - 1838 |
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