A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on Which Roads Should Be Made Are Explained and Illustrated, by the Plans, Specifications, and Contracts ... Esq. On the Holyhead Road (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from 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 Road

When the state of a society has arrived at a high degree of industry and wealth, so many persons, and such quantities of goods, are set in motion, for the purpose of administering to its business and its luxuries, that it becomes of the greatest importance to construct the public roads in such a manner as to admit of travelling with rapidity and safety, and of reducing the cost of the carriage of goods to the lowest possible point.

To explain how these Objects can be most effectually seemed is the purpose of the follow ing pages.

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Excerpt from 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 Road

Bridges; Retaining Walls; Breast Walls; Fence Walls; Cross Drains; Inlets; Outlets; Depots; Toll Houses; Toll Gates and Bars; Lamps; Milestones; Management Of Road Works; Drawings; Specifications; Estimates; Contracts; Deeds of Contract

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.