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Huddecs- Longwood, Slaighthwaite, and Marsden : from Marsden, under

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Canal. Rule Moss and Brunn Top, there is a tunnel of near threemiles and a half long, which brings the canal to Rasp Mill,on the Diggle Water, and within about two miles of Dub-crofs ; passing which, it takes the rout of the river Tame, thewindings of which it frequently intersects, and passes withinone mile of Lydgate, by Mofslev, Stayley Bridge, and joinsthe Afhton and Oldham Canal on the south fide of Afhton,being a course of nineteen miles and five furlongs, with sevenhundred and seventy feet lockage, viz. from the junction atHudderssield to Marsden, which is seven miles and a quarter,with four hundred and thirty-iix feet rife; from thence, and'through the tunnel is three miles seven furlongs, and level;from thence to the junction at Afhton is eight miles threefurlongs, with three hundred and thirty-four feet fall. Thehead level is supplied with water from the reservoirs to thesouth of Marsden; there are also reservoirs at the west end ofthe tunnel.

The proprietors of this canal are incorporated by the nameof " The Huddersjield Canal Company,” with the powers ne-cessary for making the fame, allowing thirty yards of groundin breadth for the uses of the canal, towing-path, &c. but notto deviate more than one hundred yards from the line laiddown in the book of reference. The company are to makereservoirs sufficient to contain twenty thousand locks full ofwater, allowing each lock to contain one hundred and eightycubic yards ; and if the fame shall be found insufficient for thesupply of the canal, other reservoirs are to be made under thedirections of the commissioners. Flood water only is to betaken for the use of this canal, from any springs, &c. now

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