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... lengths - Canal between Chesterfield and the Trent- Extent of Canals laid out by Brindley - His educational disadvantages - His work not duly appreciated in his own day - Other Canal projects on which Brindley was consulted - The Leeds ...
... lengths - Canal between Chesterfield and the Trent- Extent of Canals laid out by Brindley - His educational disadvantages - His work not duly appreciated in his own day - Other Canal projects on which Brindley was consulted - The Leeds ...
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... length the surplus waters , through many openings , drained away into the Wash . Hence the numerous abandoned beds of old rivers still traceable amidst the Great Level of the Fens - the old Nene , the old Ouse , and the old Welland ...
... length the surplus waters , through many openings , drained away into the Wash . Hence the numerous abandoned beds of old rivers still traceable amidst the Great Level of the Fens - the old Nene , the old Ouse , and the old Welland ...
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... length compelled the attention of the legislature . In 1607 , shortly after the accession of James I. , a series of destructive floods burst in the embankments along the east coast , and swept over farms , homesteads , and villages ...
... length compelled the attention of the legislature . In 1607 , shortly after the accession of James I. , a series of destructive floods burst in the embankments along the east coast , and swept over farms , homesteads , and villages ...
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... length , when James succeeded to the throne of England , there only remained the manor of Hatfield , which , watery though it was , continued to be dignified with the appellation of a Royal Chase . There was , however , plenty of deer ...
... length , when James succeeded to the throne of England , there only remained the manor of Hatfield , which , watery though it was , continued to be dignified with the appellation of a Royal Chase . There was , however , plenty of deer ...
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... length inter- fered ; and after surveying the lands , he ordered that all suits should cease . Vermuyden was also directed to assign to the tenants certain tracts of moor and marsh ground , to be enjoyed by them in common . He attempted ...
... length inter- fered ; and after surveying the lands , he ordered that all suits should cease . Vermuyden was also directed to assign to the tenants certain tracts of moor and marsh ground , to be enjoyed by them in common . He attempted ...
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