Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National ImportanceMethuen, 1904 - 179 sider |
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... fact , ideal . Situated on a tidal stream , which to vessels both arriving and departing served the rôle of tug , and so placed as to be in easy communication with the Low Countries and the Baltic cities , its ad- vantages were great ...
... fact , ideal . Situated on a tidal stream , which to vessels both arriving and departing served the rôle of tug , and so placed as to be in easy communication with the Low Countries and the Baltic cities , its ad- vantages were great ...
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... fact , all railway - owned . The long fingers of the iron road grasp and encircle them at every point . The city is an object - lesson in the possibilities of port connections . The whole mercantile city is a medley of transport ...
... fact , all railway - owned . The long fingers of the iron road grasp and encircle them at every point . The city is an object - lesson in the possibilities of port connections . The whole mercantile city is a medley of transport ...
Side 24
... fact , about £ 12,000,000 , as against £ 3,500,000 imports ; or which , like Bristol , has a good import business and little export trade ; or which , like Southampton , is practically a glorified railway - station , a point of junction ...
... fact , about £ 12,000,000 , as against £ 3,500,000 imports ; or which , like Bristol , has a good import business and little export trade ; or which , like Southampton , is practically a glorified railway - station , a point of junction ...
Side 27
... fact is that the discharge at the port is mostly into barges overside , to be towed to Bremen or perhaps elsewhere ; and the ships do their own discharging . The huge steamers of the North German Lloyd Company , which bring cargo to the ...
... fact is that the discharge at the port is mostly into barges overside , to be towed to Bremen or perhaps elsewhere ; and the ships do their own discharging . The huge steamers of the North German Lloyd Company , which bring cargo to the ...
Side 30
... fact be so , the city doubtless receives infinitely more by the trade gained through the docks than the ratepayers pay towards their up - keep . The Manchester Canal , though the property of a company , is , as the consequence of its ...
... fact be so , the city doubtless receives infinitely more by the trade gained through the docks than the ratepayers pay towards their up - keep . The Manchester Canal , though the property of a company , is , as the consequence of its ...
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Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
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Side 40 - PONTIAC. THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. Pemberton (Max). THE FOOTSTEPS OF A THRONE. I CROWN THEE KING. Phlllpotts (Eden). THE HUMAN BOY. CHILDREN OF THE MIST.
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Side 25 - BRITISH COMMERCE AND COLONIES FROM ELIZABETH TO VICTORIA. By H. de B. Gibbins, Litt.D., MA Third Edition, is.
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