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Page xi
... means Gilbert and the highwayman— The Duke obtains loans from Child and Co. , Bankers , London - The level portion of Canal finished 1767 , and the Runcorn Locks 1773- Extensive coal workings at Worsley - Cost of the Canal from Worsley ...
... means Gilbert and the highwayman— The Duke obtains loans from Child and Co. , Bankers , London - The level portion of Canal finished 1767 , and the Runcorn Locks 1773- Extensive coal workings at Worsley - Cost of the Canal from Worsley ...
Page xii
... means of communication -Supports Brindley's Grand Trunk Canal - Public support - The opposition to the scheme - Timidity of promoters - Vested interests preserved Sketch of the route of the Grand Trunk - The Act obtained - First sod cut ...
... means of communication -Supports Brindley's Grand Trunk Canal - Public support - The opposition to the scheme - Timidity of promoters - Vested interests preserved Sketch of the route of the Grand Trunk - The Act obtained - First sod cut ...
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... means Fen Dyke , the fens being still called Carrs in certain parts of Lincoln . This old drain is about sixty feet wide , with a broad , flat bank on each side ; and originally it must have been at least forty miles in extent , winding ...
... means Fen Dyke , the fens being still called Carrs in certain parts of Lincoln . This old drain is about sixty feet wide , with a broad , flat bank on each side ; and originally it must have been at least forty miles in extent , winding ...
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... means to baptize a child or partake of the Com- munion , nor supply of any necessity saving what these poor desolate places do afford . And what expectation of health can there be to the bodies of men , where there is no element good ...
... means to baptize a child or partake of the Com- munion , nor supply of any necessity saving what these poor desolate places do afford . And what expectation of health can there be to the bodies of men , where there is no element good ...
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... means of a high bank , along which a road was made , called " High Street " to this day ; while two Italians , named Acontius and Castilione , reclaimed the Combe and East Greenwich marshes on the south bank of the river . We also ...
... means of a high bank , along which a road was made , called " High Street " to this day ; while two Italians , named Acontius and Castilione , reclaimed the Combe and East Greenwich marshes on the south bank of the river . We also ...
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afterwards bank became boats Brading breach Bridge Bridgewater Canal Brindley Brindley's Burslem called carried channel coal conduits Congleton constructed contrived Cwmsymlog Dagenham Denbigh difficulty district drain drainage drowned Duke of Bridgewater Duke's canal Earl embankment employed enable engineer England enterprise erected executed Fcap feet Fens Gilbert Grand Trunk ground haven hill History horses improved industry inhabitants inland Irwell James James Brindley King labour land length Liverpool London machinery Manchester manufacturing Marsh ment Mersey miles mill millwright mines navigation neighbourhood occasion occupied opening Parliament passed Perry port Post 8vo Potteries proceeded purpose reclaimed Riquet river river Irwell river Mersey roads Romney Marsh Royal Runcorn Second Edition shortly Sir Cornelius Vermuyden Sir Hugh Myddelton skill sluices Staffordshire stream Street supply Thames tide tion town trade tunnel Turnhurst undertaking Vermuyden Vols Wedgwood whilst Woodcuts workmen Worsley