A description of Westminster Bridge : to which are added, an account of the methods made use of in laying the foundations of its piers, and an answer to the chief objections, that have been made thereto : with an appendix, containing several particulars, relating to the said bridge or to the history of the building thereof, as also its geometrical plans and the elevation of one of the fronts as it is finished, correctly engraven on two large copper-plates /

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Author / Creator:	Labelye, Charles, 1705-1781?
Imprint:	London : Printed by W. Strahan, for the author, 1751.
Description:	[4], iv, 119 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; 08649. Making of the modern economy
Subject:	Bridges -- Design and construction. Buildings. Bridges -- England -- London -- Design and construction. Westminster Bridge (London, England) -- History. London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Early works to 1800. England -- London. England -- London -- Westminster Bridge. Early works. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5988393

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Notes:	Pages [99]-119 contain a prospectus for a two-volume work by the same author, also entitled A description of Westminster Bridge. Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.

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