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It is proposed to introduce on this canal some inclined planesfor the use of the navigation, which I sincerely hope will answerthe purposes proposed, as they possess many advantages in situa-tions where water is scarce, and their construction is less expen-sive than locks.

WORCESTER and BIRMINGHAM CANAL.

Description of a Canal from Birmingham^ in the County os Warwick ,to the river Severn , near Worceser y 1791.

THIS canal commences at Birmingham ; from whence ittakes a course through the parishes of Edgbaston, Northfield*King’s-norton, Alvechurch, Tardebig, Stoke-prior, Dodderhill,Hanbury, Hadsor, Himbleton, Oddingley, Tibberton, Hinlip,Wamdon, Clains, St. Martin’s, and, atDiglis, adjoining the southside of Worcester, falls into the Severn.

The length of this line is thirty-one miles and a half, ofwhich the first sixteen miles from Birmingham are upon a level 5the remaining fifteen miles and a half have a fall of four hun-dred and forty-eight feet. The water for this canal is proposedto be raised from the river Severn by fire engines, together withsuch springs as may arise in making the said canal. The Worcestercompany are restrained from making a junction with the Birming-ham and Fazeley canal; but the proprietors of that canal are not re-strained from making the junction. This proceeds from the appre-hension of the Birmingham canal losing water. Indeed the Worce-ster company appear very much distressed for water; and they arerestricted from using nearly all the brooks which lay in the line.

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Worcesterand Bir-mingham.Canal.