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CHAPTER X. Caledonian and other Canals

《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 X. Caledonian and other Canals

Canal projected through the Great Glen of the Highlands

Survey by James Watt

Survey by Telford

Tide-basin at Corpach

Neptune's Staircase

Dock at Clachnaharry

The chain of lochs

Construction of the works

Commercial failure of the canal

Telford's disappointment

Glasgow and Ardrossan Canal

Weaver Navigation

Gotha Canal, Sweden

Gloucester and Berkeley, and other canals

Harecastle Tunnel

Birmingham Canal

Macclesfield Canal

Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal

Telford's pride in his canals