 and instead of descending in the usual way, by locks, continued to bring the canal forward to an abrupt part of the bank, the skirts of which terminated on a level with the ironworks. At the top of this bank he built a small lock, and from the bottom...  general view of the agruculture of shropshire - Page 273by joseph plymley - 1803Full view - About this book
 | William Humphrey Marshall - 1810
...navigable canal, and instead of descending in tlie usual way, by locks, continued to bring the-canal forward to an abrupt part of the bank, the skirts...level with the iron-works. At the top of this bank be built a small lock, and from the bottom of the lock, and down the face of the bank, he constructed... | |
 | Richard Reynolds, Hannah Mary Rathbone - Biography & Autobiography - 1855 - 285 pages
...and at seventy-three feet above their level ; he made a navigable canal, and instead of descending in the usual way, by locks, continued to bring the...down the face of the bank, he constructed an inclined plane, with a double iron railway. He then erected an upright frame of timber, in which, across the... | |
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