herpaved ford, 20 ft. wide, crossed the Calder on the Roman roadbetween Manchester and Ilkley. In nothing was the constructive genius of the Romans moregrandly displayed than in their bridges and bridge-like aqueducts,as many examples in Italy and elsewhere on the Continent testify.The former alone… … u FORUMS, BASILICAS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES 233 stone, 2 ft. 6 ins. long, with a row of eight stud-holes around itsmiddle, the whole resembling the nave of a wheel with its spoke-holes. Mr. Sheriton Holmes suggested that these worked stonesappertained to a swing-opening in the span of the bridge…
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