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CHAPTER VIII. Higland Roads and Bridges

《The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain》· Samuel Smiles

《The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain》封面
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CHAPTER VIII. Higland Roads and Bridges

Progress of Scotch agriculture

Romilly's account

State of the Highlands

Want of roads

Use of the Cas-chrom

Emigration

Telford's survey of Scotland

Lord Cockburn's account of the difficulties of travelling

the North Circuit

Parliamentary Commission of Highland Roads and Bridges appointed

Dunkeld Bridge built

920 miles of new roads constucted

Craigellachie Bridge

Travelling facilitated

Agriculture improved

Moral results of Telford's Highland contracts

Rapid progress of the Lowlands

Results of parish schools