A general history of inland navigation

acroſs advantages alfo almoſt alſo bafin boats Brindley Briſtol Burton carried Cheſhire Clyde coals commiffioners company of proprietors confequently confiderable conftructed conveyance conveyed courſe Coventry canal cut or canal defign diſtance duke eſtimate execution expence faid fall fame feet feven fhall fhillings fide finiſhed firſt fluices fome ftone fuch fufficient fupply furvey greateſt himſelf hundred increaſe inland navigation intereſt junction lake lake Ladoga land carriage leaſt length leſs Liverpool Loch locks Mancheſter manufactures merchandiſe Merſey moſt muſt navigable canal neceffary Northwich obferved occafion paffage paffing parliament paſs perfons preſent propoſed purpoſe raiſed reaſons rife river Irwell river Severn river Soar river Sow river Thames river Trent river Weaver river Witham ſaid ſcheme ſeven ſeveral ſhall ſhares ſhould ſmall ſome ſtate ſtone ſuch Thames thefe thence theſe thofe thoſe thouſand thouſand pounds tonnage tons towing-paths town trade twenty uſe veffels weft Wilden yards