Brindley's survey from Stretford to the Mersey-Importance of com- munication between Manchester and Liverpool Growth of Liverpool -Decay of Chester-Liverpool coaches, 1726 to 1750-The Duke's project of a Manchester and Liverpool Canal- Brindley's survey- Extract from diary — Brindley in London- At the play"- Oppo- sition to the Duke's project - Brindley as witness for the Bill- His model and explanation of "puddling"- Canal lock described - Brindley's powers with chalk - The Manchester and Liverpool Canal authorised - Brindley's capital idea of long level reaches and concen- tration of locks- Continued but bootless opposition of the Old Quay Navigation and the landowners-Importance of the Duke's scheme -Sketch of the works, and Brindley's contrivances - Sale Moor Moss-Steam engine and pump at Dunham—“The Duke's folly" Brindley's floating workshops - Provision against outbursts of the banks-Attention to details -Rate of wages paid to workmen - Entries in diary - Brindley's training of workmen — Their trade secrets Lawrence Earnshaw Number of men employed on the Canal Brindley's bold idea of a bridge across the tideway of the - - The Duke's straits for money - Great extent and cost of the under- - and habits- The Bridgewater Gallery- - Fulton Resolved to have steam-boats for his canals His manners CHAPTER XI. 217-247 BRINDLEY CONSTRUCTS THE GRAND TRUNK CANAL. - Canal to connect the Mersey with the Trent- Brindley employed as - - 248-274 CHAPTER XII. BRINDLEY'S LAST CANAL HIS DEATH AND CHARACTER. - Brindley's idea of the use of rivers - His ideas of the Grand Trunk employments and engineering skill - His private life-His strange courtship and marriage His home at Turnhurst - Colliery at Golden Hill Illness and death Characteristics Mechanical genius- His studies in bed — His private character - Influence of Brindley's Canals on the enterprise and speculation of the time- Extent of the Canal system in Great Britain and Ireland - Canal The Canal du Midi-Its importance as uniting the Atlantic with the 301-312 |