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... coals The Mersey and Irwell , bad navigation The Duke of Bridgewater's project to make a water road from his collieries at Worsley to Manchester - Act obtained in 1759 - John and Thomas Gilbert Brindley introduced to the Duke ...
... coals The Mersey and Irwell , bad navigation The Duke of Bridgewater's project to make a water road from his collieries at Worsley to Manchester - Act obtained in 1759 - John and Thomas Gilbert Brindley introduced to the Duke ...
Page xi
... coal workings at Worsley - Cost of the Canal from Worsley to Manchester , and from Longford Bridge to Runcorn — Cost of water- carriage reduced one - half- Brindley's insignificant remuneration Disputes between the Duke and Brindley ...
... coal workings at Worsley - Cost of the Canal from Worsley to Manchester , and from Longford Bridge to Runcorn — Cost of water- carriage reduced one - half- Brindley's insignificant remuneration Disputes between the Duke and Brindley ...
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... coal in the neighbourhood , which turned out a total failure . A few years later , Myddelton was appointed Recorder of the borough , and in 1603 he was elected to represent it in Parliament . In those days the office of representative ...
... coal in the neighbourhood , which turned out a total failure . A few years later , Myddelton was appointed Recorder of the borough , and in 1603 he was elected to represent it in Parliament . In those days the office of representative ...
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... coal at Denbigh ; but the practical knowledge which he acquired , during his attempt , of the arts of mining and excavation , had disciplined his skill and given him fertility of resources , as well as culti- vated in him that power of ...
... coal at Denbigh ; but the practical knowledge which he acquired , during his attempt , of the arts of mining and excavation , had disciplined his skill and given him fertility of resources , as well as culti- vated in him that power of ...
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... coal used in the inland southern counties was carried on horseback in sacks for the supply of the blacksmiths ' forges . The food of London was principally * For a full account of Old Roads | refer the reader to ' Lives of the and ...
... coal used in the inland southern counties was carried on horseback in sacks for the supply of the blacksmiths ' forges . The food of London was principally * For a full account of Old Roads | refer the reader to ' Lives of the and ...
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