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Pagina 459
... Cost of Travelling , 1750-1830 7. Cost of Carriage of Goods by Land , 1750-1830 8. Statistics of Comparative Cost of Carriage by Road and Inland Naviga- tion . • 9. Table of Canal and Railway Amalgamations , 1846-72 10. Statistics ...
... Cost of Travelling , 1750-1830 7. Cost of Carriage of Goods by Land , 1750-1830 8. Statistics of Comparative Cost of Carriage by Road and Inland Naviga- tion . • 9. Table of Canal and Railway Amalgamations , 1846-72 10. Statistics ...
Pagina 464
... horse would draw four and one - half tons of coal and three tons weight of carriages . The first cost of construction was £ 900 to £ 1000 per mile . Curr at the Nunnery Colliery , near Sheffield1 ; but 464 [ CHAP . Development of Railways.
... horse would draw four and one - half tons of coal and three tons weight of carriages . The first cost of construction was £ 900 to £ 1000 per mile . Curr at the Nunnery Colliery , near Sheffield1 ; but 464 [ CHAP . Development of Railways.
Pagina 468
... costs of filling and embanking . The line of rail followed the great inequalities of the surface of the route chosen ; and was not , as the present railways , laid upon as nearly a uniform , straight and level road as possible2 . 1 ...
... costs of filling and embanking . The line of rail followed the great inequalities of the surface of the route chosen ; and was not , as the present railways , laid upon as nearly a uniform , straight and level road as possible2 . 1 ...
Pagina 472
... cost of carrying these along the highways that were then and there available . Experiments Tredegar Iron Works Co. , that he should make one mile , which was in his park , the Monmouthshire Canal Company to make eight miles , and the ...
... cost of carrying these along the highways that were then and there available . Experiments Tredegar Iron Works Co. , that he should make one mile , which was in his park , the Monmouthshire Canal Company to make eight miles , and the ...
Pagina 478
... cost and anticipated revenue from the railway , as well as its advantages to the country2 . The road had been surveyed by Overton , but as there was much doubt as to the best route and the probable cost Robert Stephenson was called in ...
... cost and anticipated revenue from the railway , as well as its advantages to the country2 . The road had been surveyed by Overton , but as there was much doubt as to the best route and the probable cost Robert Stephenson was called in ...
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Pagina 586 - Minute of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade, on the Report of the Commissioners for inquiring into the Gauge of Railways, June 6, 1846.