ADDENDA.

DOWN LNGTON -WOOD CANAL.

THIS canal, the private property os the Marquis of Staffordand Thomas and John Gilberts, Esquires, was made about twentyyears ago—the length is fix miles, and level. It begins at Don-nington-wood iron-works, in the parish of Lillifhall, and pro-ceeds to Paved Line near Newport, all in the county of Shrop-shire : is used principally for conveying iron-stone, lime-stone,and other raw materials, to the iron-works at Donnington-wood.

The boats navigated are of twenty-five tons burthen.

KETLEYCANAL.

Particulars of a Canal made in 1789, from Ketley Iron~Works } inSbropjhire , to the Shropshire Canal.

•THIS canal is the private property of Messrs. W. Reynolds,and Company. It commences at the Shropshire canal, at aplace called Oaken Gates, and proceeds to the iron-works atKetley, of which Messrs. Reynolds and Company are owners.The length of the canal is one mile and a half, with a fall of sixty-seven feet to Ketley ; which is managed by a small lock of onefoot lift, and an inclined plane sixty-six feet perpendicular height.It is proper here to fay, this machine is the first constructed foruse in England, and answers all the purposes intended exceeding-ly well, the loaded boats drawing up the empty ones. Muchmerit is certainly due to the person who first, by experience,shews not only the practicability, but also the eligibility ofan unusual machine ; it is but justice thus to record the introduc-tion of so economical a contrivance. To this canal there must havebeen seven or eight locks, which would have cost a great sum of

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DonningtonWood Ca-nal.

Ketley

Canal.