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A History of the County of Stafford
… polluted by drainage. Water from the pits was used, as was canal water until that too became polluted by factory refuse. … built a new works in Oldbury Road at Albion, close to the canal and the railway. The supply became available in 1880. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… by the 1760s, and the Balls Hill branch of the Birmingham Canal was opened to serve the pits in 1769. 38 Since the late … 45 and it was at the end of the Balls Hill branch canal that in 1897 John Brockhouse opened his spring and axle … there were also several ironworks along the Birmingham Canal, notably the Union Furnaces established after Philip …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… completed the extension of a branch of the Grand Junction Canal to serve the new brickfield and in 1879 he undertook, … about 1 in 10, were believed to work in the brickfields. 2 Canal barges, working between Paddington and Stockley, … the excavated pits forming a lake adjoining the branch canal. 13 Gravel beds have also been exploited elsewhere in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… which carries compensation water from the Grand Junction Canal, meet in the parish and continue as a united stream for … for an industrial development. In 1798 the Grand Junction Canal was cut through the extreme north of the parish, and a … existed on the south bank of the Drayton stretch of the canal, 50 on a site still used in 1958 as a timber wharf. By …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… maintained a small elementary school for the children of canal workers, held in a barge provided by the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company and moored in the canal at West Drayton. 96 Cherry Lane council primary school …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and it was ordered to be rebuilt in 1825 by the Baybridge Canal Co. 46 The bridge is continued on its south-west side … the Horsham Worthing road, was improved by the Baybridge Canal Co. under an Act of 1825 which was promoted by members …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… these appear to have guarded the entrance to the Red Sea Canal, which, according to Ptolemy, IV, 5, 24, flowed through …
Survey of London
… gravelled walks, a grove of trees, and in addition a 'fine Canal stock'd with very good Carp and Tench' where guests …
Survey of London
… was doubtless influenced by the proximity of the Regent's Canal, on which Horsfall developed what is now Battlebridge … of his acquisition. There the advent of the Regent's Canal in 1820 allowed him to construct a large goods basin, …
The Environs of London
… of the land-tax is included in that of Wilsdon. Paddington canal. The new canal, about to be made from the Colne at Uxbridge to …