Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals: A Reprint of the Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals and Railways Throughout Great Britain |
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act of parliament Act to enable act was obtained amending amongst aqueduct authorized Avon basin Birmingham Canal borrow branch Bricks Bridge Canal Company Canal Navigation carried Cinders Coal Coke collateral Cut collieries commences commissioners Company of Proprietors course Coventry Canal Culm cut or canal Derby Canal distance ditto Dudley Canal Dung empowered to raise enable the Company entitled Erewash Canal execution feet following TONNAGE RATES furlongs further sum George George III George IV Grand Junction Canal half Harbour inches Iron Iron-stone land Lime Lime-stone Liverpool locks main line maintaining a navigable Manure Mersey miles and three Mill mortgage navigable Canal Oxford Canal parish Port present Majesty Railway River River Severn River Trent River Weaver Roads Royal Assent seven shares of 100 Slate Stone Stratford-upon-Avon Canal subscribers termination Thames thence Tiles Timber tolls Tons town Trent tunnel Vessels Wares and Merchandize WHARFAGE RATES yards