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ADDENDA.

Monmouth-shire Canal.

CoombeHill Canal.

ores of iron and lead, stone and lime quarries, timber trees, &c,which, by so ready a conveyance to the Bristol channel, willspread not only over England, but other parts of the world.

It is proposed to use inclined planes on this canal, which I doubtnot, from the abilities of the engineer employed in their construc-tion, will be made to answer well.

COOMBE HILL CANAL.

Description os a Canalfrom the Foot of Coombe Hill , in the Parishos Leigh , in the County os Glouceser , into the River Severn y atFletcher s Leap. 1792.

THIS canal is in length only three miles and a half, with afall of fifteen feet. It takes its name from the place where itcommences, and joins the Severn at Fletcher’s Leap, in the parishof Deerhurst, and passes through the commons of Leigh andDeerhurst.

The allowed tonnage for coal, iron, iron-stone, timber, &c. istwo shillings and six-pence.

The canal is the property of three persons only, viz. ThomasBurges, and William Miller, Esqrs. and Mrs. Sarah Mumford.It was undertaken for the purpose of affording a cheap andshortened carriage from the Severn to Cheltenham ;—the distancebeing,either from Gloucester or Tewksbury, nine miles; whereasfrom Combe-hill it is only four miles. There are also some ex-tensive collieries in that neighbourhood, which must be materiallybenefited.

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