rock, and OK^^fiaal'ly-krefeediO’v gr'^&k’jbirid^ Witli a&E*tfunael^lte the
if^iTfcifdf^heiH thirtyde yen ^ard^-T^shiadjii.g.I'ar. BMRis
beautiful canal is>t,fafewit®M^the8^,te'^vIi!wyi!l*^^r:iail arch of thirty-
nine feet iAihpjg&tdkpd undpgwhiQhharg^sftpalis 'witficSPt'iow.ering their
jtnaffts. Yet thfejpside tjie thgU'C^ippja^a^vely
cheap was Jr&i#ooo guineas
a mile. v*3&4 l® ^ ? )P3,,mact1^nesiiapd> inventions of Brindley, for'
^Isjpon^siMjfea^EyijiB^^rwSfell’j - d e f p r y s d i y ^ e x a i J e * „ h j p a fe -
■ tail‘;ia©iagi|j^ /Jiejre ti§^pei||bd- e',s ;T8jfe DAe^QfRQiHds^^dr^C^ijV^fli: 1-
w a r d ^ d ^ t e n d g ^ a .& g r n a l p f4 js jf® .f iy sg ^ p e , J ^ l f s i i ^ « ^ , t f e ^ o j i i . ‘J { io jt e fc i‘d
bridge; (in Canpaihir'e, to j^empftones in
'After this ^#efv#dStfibiite'‘ Vc£ t«h #*'ifitjh,e?s'>'o f iIRtasi'd ySgrifi^tM a
England, it -wiB^M^ffglBle to^tevieffe^fhe^ppW%ri®fe«*ift k^geSgi^ H||al
martner,'proceediri^*frb m rf h 8■ ipSwB ®n^tVie Tbun?.'. aI,M.1‘illd1 chanty of
Durham, ia pana'rWas plmyd&YcPby 1 ]riiul 1 eyn?onnTO^mmKrftiojj^P|ge
o f Wii^fonV on’ih e fivfer’ Tee's *JHiiPt®eiirS%Y ‘©SfWgton
'to'Stbcktdp-'biA this efengn^ afTO^lCTS* riot -yef^ w'Mwi ,
fhalPbe p a f l e l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ d Bifry^itemitoft ®raffi:^t&&,fifitB8 ^SW4B81r ffive
been- ekecutrid thalfbe eorffiriembi&fed .-. k
' rE irfl in order i^th e Xancaftef' calffl, extending from Kendal-YiL’V^eft-
morelapd. by Ljuicaftp^.!to Wdx"Ifou ghtj Mvm“'Lalic^fliiJC* 'fc e * of
abpdfTeyeijfy-four ruiFes^j^
' ThefeapaUfrc^n d~.p.eds-rn.IiveroooL...aifeEbedrin .aV northerl v llp ir fe
.by Skipton, winds - apr^ t epfepfe f 17 m u c s .a tu ljic ^m ffips
■fanaka b r a n c h ^ o e x t ^ s t o ^ i p c ^ ^ ^ . i b e g u n ^ .*"*
From Haiifaxfto Majacb^®^M a iw b 9F&^nb ^ r^||fe}fanf|) SC^apidaly
«called th a t .of'Rochdale; Ippgth^thhty-pnebsihUesji^apd •alTh ^ L ^ g :u h
in if.794.
Another canal extends from •Manchefterr-towaxds W&kefiakl;; pid
‘another* called the Peak Eareft*xanal,.;fisretdaes' from . t|ie f jg ^ p t ^ ijg h -
eaft, about fifteen miles, p)
'A n d th ^ jo irfs the RiyefvEfifh^ 'feveial riffles* abotfr'BbncafterjntO^he
River Calder^ rfear Wakefield.
To
C H A P . III. 'W V I I / g e o g r a p h y . 9 f
To plfsi fej^ertb d f fmalllbr^ridte^ the>*CheftdM'fel® ■canal extends-from 1»
(jlieIterfietd"'iK't nYXbu»f y^oPDetby,' t dfthe ‘‘Trent at'StOrikWith, a courfe
( i f n d BfegUtMoj
I n Rmco rn i 111 e, ’’»rac* a ft af T>OThil9Tfo ttv 'LiriAbl n ' fb the Tr-fcftV&nd
alrn’t^er nifiti !'IT6fn£al^feTOiiSleaf^id?+, ^ a 4 t'ha’m ''ca'nal tH.csiies''fifoin .
i^iijm^raiwh'.’the Rfe£f'T,eiit?,-a'V6^fu; of thirty miles!..
-''T h eg r ‘aeafn lpr l^fipalw1 ^rak'T^igai^jbby/irilyrid' l!rict'illg4!fcieri,. *
tflefouf g re a t'p o uT o i the-Kidgdbm,’^TmlnpTaridon,' 'Ewep|yb|Mpaod‘' . ■
Hfulh L u ^ p o p n 's ’docMdin^STGamffi'SeH with“ Hull by ^^ana'i from
tli^®Md^MApgallie«rivCT-t-mi'llrent, a^id’]ir()bbe(l.i_iigfnorth''t^Lt^p,M'erfey.!
Th'b’carial wmch j ra^^HefetTwb'Tfw^srs 'u y led '^S ^& anS 'T fu rfk ; > <j£nd
wii0i^Mfn i n ' 1 sflft 'ifA eLitffnVr‘©¥il>fhhp '^eSRdn^pe'dfS; ‘huPwak '
n^t^rairi'ptcfcirt-ll 1V7 yfy':) 'A ed en g th !rAitesC*'^'t*>'was*at^nded 'With
gifc^LtKlifliUiltics,iju rti 1 idatl^dn pafhngi^hielriver -Dove; in • ©et»hy*£hire,
^he^therY-is^hta' a'qiuedu£t b fyw d li^ t’hfee^arpheS, the-:titufiyelYhromgh
©f tfia^e-e4 ffle,t iftf'St4ffoMfl{ire,i^s41in length &®)86 «yards, and .
m;^%than%o%aidsii)elo’w the‘furface ofthe*griound,*and wa.s - executed
■with giYkf i'abour «and - expence,3’. But the «atility csrrefportds,with- J-he
gr^A'ddrir^bfsth.e^defign fait from-Gheftiife, ddal6sarid^BOtteryY^fitn ■ Stjaf-*,
fm-rlihSrfyand-ma.nw€a|kirds from^pkrionsiplaceSjface^t’raiif^orted on this*
eanal ,- -' •
iprbifi^he %rand':Trunk five o rfix 4 >ranches’ extend' in various fddrec-*.
fiotis':’ afnong which mufkiSJotp3® omitte'd,'that to^hfr-River'Severn, nears
Bewdley, w h ith |^M ^ ^ k h h e :’pbfP1 of Briftol -with|-tfedfeJof liiy-erpoQT
and-Hull ktlx^length is 4 6 'r 4 ^ s ; completed in i y ^ v -
1 Fro^ifi^vcity^df th ^ fteP d n if^ n a l extend’sJ to th e Merfey, arid faho—
ther\o' N e tflp tittth ; ■’-ario&'d^Vbceeds'fduth t;o ShVewfbury;- uniting’the
Merfey-and llhe Severn; .-with north-weft, and folith-eaft - branches d f
corifideraWeiMgth,' ‘
From Coventry, in tlm: clritiY 'bYfhe""Idn^dbm,'eatihls extend to-the
Grand T r u n k ; lo-AihbyYdfe-la-Zbuchi',and ito the B raunfton, or Grand
Juri^iori & n a l.
s* Ga^-’ sPtans,. p.'.'26,'^7, 28. The account of. the G r a n d ' ^ n
feftiv?; he may here be referred to in general for the others. See alf6 fjoufman/’i 22. '
rLAND Na -
IGATION.
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