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Montgo- MONTCOM ER Y CANAL,

mery Canal.

Particulars of a Canalfrom Portywain Lime Works, near Llany-b lo dwell, -in the County of Salop , to Newtown in the County ofMontgomery. J. Dadford, jun. Engineer. 34 Geo. III. Ch. 39.

THIS canal commences at the Limeworks of Portywain,in the parish of Llanyblodwell (where it joins a branch of theEllelmere Canal),-from whence it passes near the village ofLlanvmynach, and crosses the river Verniew, near which itjoins another branch of the Ellefmere Canal; it then conti-nues its course by Gwern-felu, (where a branch goes to thevillage of Guilsfield) to Welch Pool; the canal then runs pa-rallel with the River Severn, past Berriew, through Garth-mill, to the River Severn on the east fide of Newtown. Thelength of this canal is twenty-feven miles, exclusive of thebranches, with two hundred and twenty-five feet lockage rthe branch to Guilsfield is three miles and a quarter, and level.

By the junctions of this canal with the Ellefmere a directcommunication is formed with Chester, and with Shrewsbury;and as it is in contemplation to form a canal from Newtown, byLudlow, to join the Leominster Canal, a communication willbe opened to all the benefits of the southern parts of the Severn.

The proprietors of this canal are incorporated by the nameof “ The Company of Proprietors of the Montgomeryfiire“ Canals with the powers necessary for making the fame,and constructing the several works. The ground allowed forthe canal, towing path, &c. is twenty-four yards in breadth,and not to deviate more than one hundred yards from the linelaid down in the book of reference. No water to be takenfrom Lledan Brook, Count rev House Brook, or Llivior Brook,except so much as shall be necessary for the purpose of puddling

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