Published 1825
by Printed by G. Angus, Side, and sold by W. Heaton, Sandhill, and J. Finlay, Mosley Street; also by Longman and Co., London; Kay, Liverpool; Constable and Co., Edinburgh, &c. &c. in Newcastle upon Tyne .
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Other titles | Report of Barrodall Robert Dodd, Esq., on a proposed navigable canal, between Newcastle and Hexham. |
| Statement | by the late William Thomas, esq. Also second edition report of Barrodall Robert Dodd, esq. civil engineer, &c. on a proposed navigable canal, between Newcastle and Hexham; with appendix, containing remarks on the great utility of a proposed junction canal, or rail-way, uniting Newcastle upon Tyne and Carlisle with Liverpool, Manchester, Hull, Derby, Sheffield, Birmingham, Bristol, and London.. |
| Contributions | Dodd, Barrodall Robert., Angus, George, printer., Heaton, W., bookseller., Finlay, J., bookseller., Kay Liverpool : Bookseller, bookseller., Constable and Co,, Longman and Co. (London : booksellers), |
| The Physical Object | |
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| Pagination | 50p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 50 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL17234134M |
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