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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... Foster's Booth . Six hills cut down and hollows filled , and a new pave- ment roadway made over them . - Length , 1,178 yards . Stowe Hills . Over these hills there are several very considerable cut- tings and embankings ; the roadway ...
... Foster's Booth . Six hills cut down and hollows filled , and a new pave- ment roadway made over them . - Length , 1,178 yards . Stowe Hills . Over these hills there are several very considerable cut- tings and embankings ; the roadway ...
Página 435
... Foster's Booth , a distance of two miles . PLAN NO . I. By this plan it is proposed to leave the present road near the sixty - fifth milestone , and to pass at an elevation of twenty - seven feet lower than the present road : from ...
... Foster's Booth , a distance of two miles . PLAN NO . I. By this plan it is proposed to leave the present road near the sixty - fifth milestone , and to pass at an elevation of twenty - seven feet lower than the present road : from ...
Página 436
... Foster's Booth , would be 79 4584 pence ; and as the expense of drawing a ton over the pre- sent road between the same points is 82 0647 pence , the saving in expense by this improvement would be 2'6053 pence , and for 170 tons it would ...
... Foster's Booth , would be 79 4584 pence ; and as the expense of drawing a ton over the pre- sent road between the same points is 82 0647 pence , the saving in expense by this improvement would be 2'6053 pence , and for 170 tons it would ...
Página 437
... Foster's Booth , and reduce the inclination from 1 in 16 , 17 , and 18 , to 1 in 30 , on the east side of the valley ; and from 1 in 14 and 15 to 1 in 30 , on the west side of the hill . The embankment would commence near the sixty ...
... Foster's Booth , and reduce the inclination from 1 in 16 , 17 , and 18 , to 1 in 30 , on the east side of the valley ; and from 1 in 14 and 15 to 1 in 30 , on the west side of the hill . The embankment would commence near the sixty ...
Página 438
... Foster's Booth , would be 79 8450 pence , as shown in p . 444 : the saving , therefore , per ton , would be 2 2207 pence , and for 170 tons it would be 377 5190 pence ; which would be interest for 11,4207 . The estimated expense of this ...
... Foster's Booth , would be 79 8450 pence , as shown in p . 444 : the saving , therefore , per ton , would be 2 2207 pence , and for 170 tons it would be 377 5190 pence ; which would be interest for 11,4207 . The estimated expense of this ...
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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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