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A general history of inland navigation, foreign and domestic : containing a complete account of the canals already executed in England, with considerations on those projected, to which are added, practical observations / by J. Phillips
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Bimfley engine, intended to be erected on Heath Common, for thepurpose os supplying the canal with water ; the laid engine isto be constructed so, that in working the said engine, the smokemay be burnt or consumed.

Basingstoke • BASING STOKE CANAL.

Canal.

THE Act pasted this Session, enables the proprietors toraise either by loan, or by annuities, 6o,oool. in addition tothe 126,000k before raised. 33 Geo. III.

Brecknock BRECKNOCK CANAL.

Canal.

An Account os a Canal from the Town of Brecknock to the

Monmouthfiire Canal , near Ponty-Pool. T. Dadford, jun.

Engineer. 33 Geo III. Ch. g 6 .

THIS canal joins the Monmouthshire canal, eight milesand a half from Newport, and about one from Ponty Pool,it crosses the river Avon, where it passes the high ground bymeans of a tunnel, two hundred and twenty yards long, andinclining towards the river Ulk, passes Abergavenny ; it thenruns parallel with the Ulk to the town of Brecknock'; makinga course of near thirty-three miles, with iixty-eight feet rife toBrecon. From the junction to Abergavenny is eleven miles,and level ; the level continues three miles further. Fromwhence to Brecon is eighteen miles and a half, with sixty-eight feet rife. There is a rail road from Abergavenny to thecanal, one mile long; and from the canal at Cwm Clydack

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