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mvnech branch, and goes to the town and lime works of thatname, being a distance of twelve miles ; the canal then passesFrancton Common, whence a branch goes to the east, called theWhitchurch branch, and passes Ellesmere, Welchampton,Whitchurch, and finishes at Frees Heath; this cut is fourteenmiles long ; the canal is then continued and passes the Ridges,Old Martin, crosses the river Morlas, and soon after the riverCeriog, it then passes within a short distance Chirk Castle, andcrosses the river Dee at Pontoysyllte, by means of an aqueduct;it then proceeds by Rhuabon, Newhall, Bersham, Wrexham,where a branch goes to the west called the Brombo’ branch,which is three miles and a half long; it then passes Gresford,whence a branch of four miles goes to Holt; from thence innearly a direct line it passes Pulford, Leach Hall, and crossingthe river Dee, passes on the west side of Chester, and then byBackford, Chorlton Croughton, Stoke, Stanney, Whetbv, andthere joins the river Mersey, being a distance of fifty-sevenmiles, with five hundred and thirty-seven feet of lockage;which more particularly is as follows; from the junction withthe Severn at Bagley Bridge to Newton, is one mile and aquarter, with one hundred and ten feet rife; from thence toFrancton Common, is fifteen miles and a half, and is level;from thence to Newmartin Common, is three miles and threequarters, with forty-two feet rife ; from thence to the Dee, iseight miles, and level; from thence, immediately is seventy-five feet rise, in half a mile; from thence to the Brombo’branch, is eight miles and a half and level, (this is the headlevel) from thence to Chester is eleven miles and a half, withthree hundred and eighty feet fall; from Chester to the Merseyis eight miles.

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