Bridging the Years: A Short History of British Civil EngineeringE. Arnold, 1956 - 212 páginas |
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... started . Hudson became the ' Railway King ' , a monarch who exploited only the financial gains to be made out of shares in railway companies , regardless of their traffic prospects , their promoters ' integrity or their engineers ...
... started . Hudson became the ' Railway King ' , a monarch who exploited only the financial gains to be made out of shares in railway companies , regardless of their traffic prospects , their promoters ' integrity or their engineers ...
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... started there in 1845 by Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson ( no relation of George Stephenson ) . It was only in 1842 that under British rule the first great road construction programme had been started in India and the beginning of ...
... started there in 1845 by Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson ( no relation of George Stephenson ) . It was only in 1842 that under British rule the first great road construction programme had been started in India and the beginning of ...
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... started his career in his uncle's firm of builders , Grissell and Peto , and in 1830 , when only just of age , inherited his partnership . The firm prospered exceedingly and was responsible for the Reform , Conservative , and Oxford and ...
... started his career in his uncle's firm of builders , Grissell and Peto , and in 1830 , when only just of age , inherited his partnership . The firm prospered exceedingly and was responsible for the Reform , Conservative , and Oxford and ...
Contenido
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
Contracting in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Cen | 89 |
Some Notable British Civil Engineering Works I 1825 | 106 |
Otras 35 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
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