A handbook to the industries of the British Isles and the United StatesD. Rogue, 1882 - 220 pages |
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... RAILWAYS AND SHIPPING PORTS TABLE OF INDUSTRIES UNITED STATES . MOUNTAIN RAnges , WaterWAYS , AND CLIMATE . COAL BASINS • IRON AND STEEL · PAGE I ΙΟ · 16 · 26 • 33 • 42 51 57 61 · 83 · 121 • · 129 · • 134 · MINING INDUSTRIES - PRECIOUS ...
... RAILWAYS AND SHIPPING PORTS TABLE OF INDUSTRIES UNITED STATES . MOUNTAIN RAnges , WaterWAYS , AND CLIMATE . COAL BASINS • IRON AND STEEL · PAGE I ΙΟ · 16 · 26 • 33 • 42 51 57 61 · 83 · 121 • · 129 · • 134 · MINING INDUSTRIES - PRECIOUS ...
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... railways . South Wales and Middlesbrough are the chief districts for the rail trade , while others , such as South Staffordshire , are specially famous for the different qualities of iron for manufacturing purposes , such as sheet , bar ...
... railways . South Wales and Middlesbrough are the chief districts for the rail trade , while others , such as South Staffordshire , are specially famous for the different qualities of iron for manufacturing purposes , such as sheet , bar ...
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... railways . They are produced entirely by most ingenious machinery , and the principal manufactories are to be found at Darlaston and Wolverhampton in Staffordshire , and near Newport in Monmouthshire . Buttons , again , are almost ...
... railways . They are produced entirely by most ingenious machinery , and the principal manufactories are to be found at Darlaston and Wolverhampton in Staffordshire , and near Newport in Monmouthshire . Buttons , again , are almost ...
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... Railway depôt at Crewe , at the rate of one a day , or a huge iron girder bridge , such as the one that spans the Menai Straits , or whether it be the machinery for a cotton mill , such as is produced at Messrs . Platt's large ...
... Railway depôt at Crewe , at the rate of one a day , or a huge iron girder bridge , such as the one that spans the Menai Straits , or whether it be the machinery for a cotton mill , such as is produced at Messrs . Platt's large ...
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... at Bangor , and the latter at Portmadoc , to which place a very curious railway brings the slates down from the moun- tains . Though slates are very common , really good BUILDING , GLASS AND POTTERY 27 BUILDING, GLASS AND POTTERY.
... at Bangor , and the latter at Portmadoc , to which place a very curious railway brings the slates down from the moun- tains . Though slates are very common , really good BUILDING , GLASS AND POTTERY 27 BUILDING, GLASS AND POTTERY.
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