A General History of Inland Navigation, Foreign and Domestic: Containing a Complete Account of the Canals Already Executed in England, with Considerations on Those Projected |
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A General History of Inland Navigation, Foreign and Domestic Emeritus Professor of French John Phillips No preview available - 2015 |
A General History of Inland Navigation, Foreign and Domestic: Containing a ... J. Phillips No preview available - 2015 |
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advantages AMEND aqueduct authorised to raise banks barges boats book of reference branch breadth bridge Brindley Bristol Brook called the canal canal company canal navigation carried clauses Clyde coals collateral cuts communication Company of Proprietors completed conveyance conveyed course Coventry canal deemed a public deviate Dudley canal Duke Ellesmere canal empowered to raise enacted engineer erected execution expense feet fall feet rise finished Grand Junction canal Hull inland navigation intended join land carriage length Liverpool locks London Manchester manufactures mentioned miles mill Monmouthshire canal navi navigable canal navigable cut Oxford canal parish parliament persons preamble public act rail-way recited act reservoir river Avon river Irwell river Mersey river Severn river Soar river Thames river Trent river Weaver road side sluices Staffordshire stone subscribers supply thence thereof tolls tonnage tons towing-paths town trade tunnel undertaking vessels wanted wharfs whole Wilden yards