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ADDENDA.

LancasterCanal, toExtend.

Manchesterand OldhamExtension.

May have the water from mines within two thousand yards ofthe canal, without paying any recompence; and water raisedby sire engines, is to be given for the uses of this canal.

The aqueduct on this canal over the river Lune near Lan-caster, will be the greatest thing of the kind in England, per-haps in Europe; it will consist of five arches, seventy feetipan each; and is nearly completed.

MANCHESTER AND OLDHAM EXTENSION.

Particulars of an Act for allowing the Manchefer and Oldham

Canal Proprietors , to extend the said Canal , &c. 33 Geo. III.

Ch. 21.

THIS Act enables the Manchester and Oldham canal com-pany to make and maintain a canal navigable for boats,barges, &c. from the said Manchester and Oldham canal, atClayton Demesne, in the parish of Manchester, to oppositethe Three Boars Heads at Ileaton Norris, near Stockport,which distance is about six miles, and parallel with the highroad. Also to continue this canal northward, from a placecalled Taylors Barn, to Denton, a distance of about threemiles. Also from the aqueduct near the Water Houses on theOldham branch, to make a canal to Stake Leach, at Hollin-wood, a distance of about two miles.

This Act consolidates the proprietors of this undertakingwith those of the Manchester and Oldham canal company,and give the usual powers for completing the cuts; but not to4 deviate