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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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Wyrky and The Company are obliged to purchase (hares of formerCanal, proprietors who shall not be satisfied with the extension. TheExtension, conduit pipes which supply Liclifield with water are protected.

This canal, with its branches, embraces a line of countrymost plentifully abounding with coal, lime, &cc. its generalcourse is over land of small value, much of it waste land.The very extensive coal and other mines, the property of theMarquis of Stafford, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. An son, and Mr.Yernon, will now be improved beyond calculation, and inproportion of the advance of income to the noble proprietors,will be the advantage to the public, by making articles of suchgeneral consumption accessable and cheap.

Wisbech WISBECH CANAL.

Canal.

Description of a Canal from Wisbech in the County of Cam-bridge , to join the River Nene in the Parish of Outwell , inthe County of Norfolk. 34 Geo. III. Ch. 92.

THERE has been heretofore a water course, navigablefor small vessels, from Wisbech to the river Nene (the OldNene) but the same is now gone quite to decay, and someparts entirely filled up near the Town of Wisbech. It is in-tended the present navigation shall be by a straiter and shortercourse. It will join the Wisbech river at the Old Sluice inthe Town of Wisbech, pass Elm, and at Outwell communi-cate with Well Creek and the river Nene (the Old Nene) inthe parish of Outwell, in the Isle of Ely, and in the countyof Norfolk. The length is about fix miles.

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