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<p n="1168">before Said.</p>
<p n="1169">There is also wanting 279 Feet of Oak railing on the<lb></lb>
road Leading to ye west end of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1201">the Bridge</rs>
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, the posts<lb></lb>
thereof 6 Inches by 5 Inches & well Supported by Spurrs<lb></lb>
and the Rails 5 Inches & by 4 inches,</p>
<p n="1170">The above is a true account of the present State of<lb></lb>
the Said bridge So far as it appears to me, and to the best<lb></lb>
of my Judgment the method I have proposed will<lb></lb>
effectually answer the End by enduring in good<lb></lb>
Condition for the term above mentioned, and interrupting<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1202">the Passage</rs>
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a much less while then ye other way of<lb></lb>
Driving new Piles, to do which ye Bridge must be all<lb></lb>
Uncovered while the Old Piles are Drawn out and New<lb></lb>
ones drove, whereas by this way all the works under ye<lb></lb>
Bridge relating to ye Supporting thereof may be done &<lb></lb>
yet <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1203">the Passage</rs>
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Over preserved all the while,</p>
<p n="1171">And this Repair may be done in a workmanlike<lb></lb>
manner & with ye best Materials of each find for<lb></lb>
three hundred & thirty Pound,</p>
<p n="1172">As to rebuilding the Said bridge I would propose to<lb></lb>
Do it without Driving any Piles at all, only by Cutting<lb></lb>
all the present Piles of to a Levell below the ground,<lb></lb>
where we are almost Sure to find them as good as they<lb></lb>
were before they were driven, and as the whole Support<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1204">the bridge</rs>
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Consists of the 2 Abutments and 5 Rows of<lb></lb>
Piles & each row of 5 Piles, & 1 Pile for the foot Bridge;<lb></lb>
which is 6 piles in each row, what I would Offer is a<lb></lb>
Strong frame of Timber, consisting of a Ground Sill a<lb></lb>
Cappiece, & 6 Posts Standing upright & framed on ye<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1172-1">Ground Sill</rs>
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, & under ye Cappience & well Braced, instead of<lb></lb>
each Row of Piles, that is to Say 5 of the Said Frames<lb></lb>
instead of ye 5 Rows of Piles, which when they are<lb></lb>
fastned Down to the remains of the old Piles will answer<lb></lb>
every end of new Piles drove into the Ground, with<lb></lb>
further Advantages, that there will be a Considerable<lb></lb>
Saving in Expence, as well as in ye time, that ye Passage<lb></lb>
over will not be interrupted, for all this part of the work<lb></lb>
may be done without any Interruption of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1205">the passage</rs>
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over, which need be no Longer then while ye Joysts &</p>
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