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... BRIDGEWATER - Attempts at improved inland navigation in Lancashire , Cheshire , and Yorkshire -Acts passed in 1737 and 1755 - Worsley Brook to the Irwell , Sankey Brook to the Mersey - The Sankey Canal - Canal from the Trent to the ...
... BRIDGEWATER - Attempts at improved inland navigation in Lancashire , Cheshire , and Yorkshire -Acts passed in 1737 and 1755 - Worsley Brook to the Irwell , Sankey Brook to the Mersey - The Sankey Canal - Canal from the Trent to the ...
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... Bridgewater Gallery - His death , character , and public services - Benefits of his Canal to Manchester and Liverpool and the district - Extraordinary growth of Manchester 217-247 CHAPTER XI . BRINDLEY CONSTRUCTS THE GRAND TRUNK CANAL ...
... Bridgewater Gallery - His death , character , and public services - Benefits of his Canal to Manchester and Liverpool and the district - Extraordinary growth of Manchester 217-247 CHAPTER XI . BRINDLEY CONSTRUCTS THE GRAND TRUNK CANAL ...
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... Bridgewater 235 Map of Brading Haven .. 85 Plan of Manchester 241 Entrance to Brading Haven .. 87 Bridgewater Halfpenny Token 247 Chart of Mines , North Wales 92 Wedgwood's First Pottery , Burslem 255 Plan of Mines at Cwmsymlog 96 ...
... Bridgewater 235 Map of Brading Haven .. 85 Plan of Manchester 241 Entrance to Brading Haven .. 87 Bridgewater Halfpenny Token 247 Chart of Mines , North Wales 92 Wedgwood's First Pottery , Burslem 255 Plan of Mines at Cwmsymlog 96 ...
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... Bridgewater . After the lapse of a century we find the state of things has become entirely reversed . Instead of borrowing en- gineers from abroad , we now send them to all parts of the world . British - built steam - ships ply on every ...
... Bridgewater . After the lapse of a century we find the state of things has become entirely reversed . Instead of borrowing en- gineers from abroad , we now send them to all parts of the world . British - built steam - ships ply on every ...
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... Myddelton , as seen from the Village of Brading . Entrance to Brading Harbour , from St. Helen's Old Tower. 84 CHAP . IV . HUGH MYDDELTON . View of Brading Haven Portrait of the Duke of Bridgewater 235 Map of Brading Haven.
... Myddelton , as seen from the Village of Brading . Entrance to Brading Harbour , from St. Helen's Old Tower. 84 CHAP . IV . HUGH MYDDELTON . View of Brading Haven Portrait of the Duke of Bridgewater 235 Map of Brading Haven.
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