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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… it has facility of intercourse, by means of the Monkland canal, and good turnpike-roads, has rendered it important as … tan-work, brewery, and extensive distillery. The Monkland canal, passing by the town, affords ready communication with … mineral produce are also conveyed to the Clyde and Forth canal, whence they are forwarded, eastward to Edinburgh, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… much used in making cement for works under water, and for canal locks, &c. Aberthaw, West (Aber-Ddaw) ABERTHAW, WEST … on Brecknockshire, and is intersected by the Swansea canal at its eastern extremity. Ambleston AMBLESTON, a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… have been constructed, where the Wilts and Berks canal joins the Thames, near its confluence with the Ock; and … coal-mines are in operation; and the Duke of Bridgewater's canal skirts the township. There are some ancient seats, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Liverpool and Birmingham railway and the Grand Trunk canal pass through it, and on the former a station has been … and Crewe railway crosses the Middlewich and Wardle canal at the Cholmondstone lock in this parish. The living is … and is plentifully supplied with water; the Paddington canal and the Great Western railway run through. A …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of the parish the Paddington branch of the Grand Junction canal from Bull's Bridge junction, near Southall, to … 1801. 37 A bridge carrying Harlesden Green Lane across the canal was maintained by the Grand Junction Canal Co., 38 but the canal itself made little local impact, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… compensation in 1805 for land taken for the Paddington canal and in 1837 for the G.W.R. Inclosure of the common, … and the Atlas brick and tile works by the Grand Union canal; 35 the Willesden & Acton Brick Co. operated from … appeared in the late 19th century near the Grand Junction canal and Willesden junction. Naphtha works were established …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 49 and compensation was also paid by the Grand Junction Canal Co., the G.W.R., and others for removal of common …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Shrewsbury road, and the Chester and Ellesmere canal; and comprises 3750 a. 1 r. 23 p., of which 962 acres …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695
… to the Scheldt, and are now making retrenchments along the canal from Ypres to Fort Knock, and others from Mons to the … they are at present busy making retrenchments along the canal from Ypres to Fort Knoch, where Count de Motte commands … and another named the "Fintelie," situated upon the canal of Roesinghe. On the 5th was opened the Assembly of the …
Magna Britannia
… An act was passed in the year 1774, for making a navigable canal from Bude-harbour to the river Tamar, in the parish of … year 1773, an act of parliament was passed for making a canal from MawganPorth through the several parishes of … and St. Columb-Minor, to Lower St. Columb Porth. This canal was begun, but the work was abandoned after the death …