The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. (1839)
London : J.W. Parker · leaf 162
of the lastcentury, by Mr. Ralph Dodd, the original projector of adry tunnel under the Thames. The passage from Graves-end to Chatham, round by way of the Nore, is very cir-cuitous, and entails a great loss of time, for barges, &c,which have to go from one to the other. It was, there- THE… … After some time, and certain changes in the plan, acanal was cut in that quarter, which was commenced earlyin the present century. It extends from the Thames atGravesend, to Frindsbury, opposite Chatham. It has abasin at each end; and passes, by means of the tunnelwhich we have represented, through…
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