The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireArnold, 1951 - 333 pages |
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Page 106
... Fleet Street would help to accommodate the rapidly growing traffic between London and Westminster , but the improvements inside Newgate had not been continued down the steep , narrow hill outside it , and no provision had been made for ...
... Fleet Street would help to accommodate the rapidly growing traffic between London and Westminster , but the improvements inside Newgate had not been continued down the steep , narrow hill outside it , and no provision had been made for ...
Page 213
... Fleet Bridges . These inclines were to be vaulted for 120 feet from the sides of the bridges , the roadway being supported on arches two bricks thick , springing from party walls one brick thicker . For additional strength the sides of ...
... Fleet Bridges . These inclines were to be vaulted for 120 feet from the sides of the bridges , the roadway being supported on arches two bricks thick , springing from party walls one brick thicker . For additional strength the sides of ...
Page 295
... Fleet Canal was expected to do for the western liberties what the road from London Bridge to Bishopsgate did for the east . The Fleet scheme had a further importance . The growth of the city and the expansion of its trade had at once ...
... Fleet Canal was expected to do for the western liberties what the road from London Bridge to Bishopsgate did for the east . The Fleet scheme had a further importance . The growth of the city and the expansion of its trade had at once ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
Copyright | |
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