Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 307
t are 5 50 feet long and 60 feet wide, they arecapable of receiving the largest ships, whilst the smaller locks are 300 feetlong and 40 feet wide. Again, both the larger and the smaller are providedwith gates in the middle, so that only half their length maybe used whenthat is found suflicient.… … 266 THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. is now to become the ship canal, by means of the aqueduct of 1760, bywhich Brindley became so famous. There is a story told about Brindleybeing desirous of satisfying the duke about the practicability of his plan,and requesting the confirmatory opinion of another…
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