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Ketley

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Canal.

money ; and water for their supply would perhaps have cost:more, for at this time water is so valuable, that what necessarilypasses into the lower canal as boats are let down, is reserved in awell, and thrown back again by a small fire-engine: indeed theconstruction of this short canal shews evident marks of a liberaland superior genius.

The principal use of the canal is to convey coal, iron-stone,and raw materials, to the Ketley iron-works—The boats carryabout eight tons.

SHROPSHIRE CANAL.

A Description cs a Canal from the Donnington-Wood Canal trtShrop/hire , to the River Severn .

THE act of parliament for this canal was obtained in 1788.It has the following course : Beginning from the canal at Don-nington-wood, in the parish of Lillishall, by RockwardineWood, Oaken Gates, Hollingfwood, Stirchley, Madeley, the Hay,- and into the Severn, at a place called the Sheep-wash Meadow,two miles below Coalbrooke Dale. The length is seven miles anda half; the rife and fall is four hundred and sifty-feven feet :the whole of which is managed by three inclined planes:—thefirst, at the northern extremity at Donnington-wood, is a perpen-dicular height of one hundred and twenty-two feet ascent; thelength of the declivity is three hundred and twenty yards :—thesecond, at Stirchley, is a perpendicular height of one hundred andtwenty-six feet descent; the length of the declivity is five hun-dred and eighty-six yards —the third, at the Hay, is a perpen-dicular height of two hundred and seven feet descent; the lengthof the declivity is three hundred yards. The machinery to theinclined planes is worked by a steam-engine. If it should have

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