The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1 |
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The Steam Engine , which is a principal object in the picture , has been erected to throw water from springs below , to supply the Canal above . This Engine throws up three hogsheads at a stroke , and gives sixteen strokes in a minute .
The Steam Engine , which is a principal object in the picture , has been erected to throw water from springs below , to supply the Canal above . This Engine throws up three hogsheads at a stroke , and gives sixteen strokes in a minute .
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A round tower as a dwelling- and wharf - house has been erected as a deposit for coals brought by the canal , in case the navigation should at any time or by any cause receive a temporary obstruction . Thus is the Severn brought as it ...
A round tower as a dwelling- and wharf - house has been erected as a deposit for coals brought by the canal , in case the navigation should at any time or by any cause receive a temporary obstruction . Thus is the Severn brought as it ...
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The Castle was erected by Robert D'Oilie , at the command of William the Conqueror in the year 1071 ; a work of great strength and considerable extent , as appears by the massy ruins which still remain . The City , properly so called ...
The Castle was erected by Robert D'Oilie , at the command of William the Conqueror in the year 1071 ; a work of great strength and considerable extent , as appears by the massy ruins which still remain . The City , properly so called ...
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It was erected in the year 1492 under the direction of Cardinal Wolsey , at that time fellow and burser of the college . The Chapel is a handsome and well - proportioned building . The west window , painted in chiaro oscuro , was done ...
It was erected in the year 1492 under the direction of Cardinal Wolsey , at that time fellow and burser of the college . The Chapel is a handsome and well - proportioned building . The west window , painted in chiaro oscuro , was done ...
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The body of it was erected in the reign of Henry the Seventh ; and the ponderous tower , with its lofty and finely ornamented spire , was added by the first Bishop of Oxford in the reign of Henry the Eighth .
The body of it was erected in the reign of Henry the Seventh ; and the ponderous tower , with its lofty and finely ornamented spire , was added by the first Bishop of Oxford in the reign of Henry the Eighth .
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| Title | The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1 The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, William Bernard Cooke |
| Author | William Bernard Cooke |
| Publisher | Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and W.B. Cooke, 1811 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Mar 28, 2007 |
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