458 Name. Foss Dyke, Glasgow and Saltcoats, S made. When CANALS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 1812 334 168 Glenkenns, 1802 27 Gloucester, 1793 18 Hockcrib branch, 2 70 From the Trent, at Torksey, to the Witham. It is a level. From the Dee, at Kirkcudbright, to Dalry. 15 A channel for ship navigation, to to avoid the windings of the Sev18 ern from Berkley Pill, where it leaves that river, to Gloucester, where it joins the river again. Number of shares, 1960; price in' 1824, £100, and a loan of £60 per share, making the investment £160 per share. Grand Junction, 1805 934 587 6.3 36-24 43 Paddington br., 6 other branches, 1332 40 Grand Surrey, 1801 12 Grand Western, 1796 35 Tiverton br., A part of the line between London and Liverpool, from Brentford to the Oxford canal at Braunston, It has 101 locks; passes the river Ouse and its valley by an embankment about half a mile in length and 30 feet high. It has a tunnel at Blisworth, 3080 yards in length, 18 feet high, and 163 wide; and another at Braunston, 2045 yards long, the other dimensions being the same as those of the Blisworth tunnel. Number of shares, 11,6573; originally, £100; price in 1824, £270. From the Thames, at Rotherhithe, to Mitcham. It is of large dimensions, being navigable by the Thames boats. The company pays to London, annually, £60, for the junction of the canal with the Thames. From the mouth of the Ex, at Topsham, to Taunton bridge; in 1824, was but partially finished. Number of shares, 3096; cost, £79; price in 1824, £6. A part of the line between London and Liverpool. It has 4 tunnels, in length 3940 yards, and 9 feet wide. Number of shares, 13003; price in 1824, £2150. The tonnage is from 3d. to 43d. per mile. From the Leicester and North ampton Union canal, near Foxton, to the Grand Junction, east of Braunston tunnel. Number of shares, 1521; cost, £100; price in 1824, £50. The canal has, besides, a loan, at 5 per cent. interest, of £19,327. Name. CANALS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 459 Grantham, Haslingden, . . 1793 13 Hereford and 1790 363 225 Huddersfield, . 1798 193 770 39.5 Kennet and Kingston and Leominster, 1797 45 544 11.8 Lancaster, Leeds and From the Trent, near Holme Pierpoint, to Grantham. It has divided 8 per cent., and left a clear surplus of £3000 to meet unforeseen accidents. Number of shares, 749; cost, £150; price in 1824, £160. It is supplied with water wholly from reservoirs. From the Manchester, Bolton and Bury canal, at Bury, to the Leeds and Liverpool, at Church. From the Severn, at Gloucester, to the Wye, at Hereford. It has 3 tunnels, of 2192, 1320 and 440, making, in all, 3952 yards. In consequence of the opening of this canal, the price of coals at Ledbury was reduced from 24s. to 6s. per ton. Shares, originally, £100; price in 1824, £60. From Ramsden's canal, at Huddersfield, to the Manchester, Ashton and Oldham canal, at Duckenfield bridge, near Marsden. It has a tunnel of 5280 yards in length. Number of shares, 6312; cost, £57 14s.; price in 1824, £26. From the Avon, at Dole-mead, near Bath, to the Kennet and Newbury. It has an aqueduct bridge over the Avon. The boats are of 25 or 26 tons burthen. Number of shares, 25,328; cost, £35 5s.; price in 1824, £24. From the Severn, at Areley, to Kingston. It has two tunnels of 3850 and 1250, making 5100 yards. From Kirby Kendall to Houghton. It has tunnels at Hincaster and Chorley, 800 yards long in the whole. It passes the Loyne by a stone aqueduct, 50 feet high, on 5 arches, each of 70 feet span. It has also a road aqueduct, near Blackmill, 60 feet high. The boats are 56 feet long and 14 broad. Number of shares, 11,6993; cost, £47 6s. 8d.; price in 1824, £29. 41 From Liverpool to Leeds. The boats navigating between Leeds and Wigan are of 42 tons burthen; those below Wigan, and on this side Leeds, of 30 tons. The tunnels at Foulbridge and Finnloy are, in the whole, 1609 yards long. It has a beautiful aqueduct bridge over the Ayre. The locks are 70 feet long and 153 wide. The number of shares is 28973; originally, £100 each; price in 1824, £380. Tonnage on merchandise, 13d. per mile; on coals and lime, 1d.; on stone, ¿d. 460 CANALS OF GREAT BRITAIN. From the Coventry canal to the river Isis at Oxford, and a part of he grand line between Liverpool and London. It has 3 aqueducts of very considerable magnitude, a tunnel at Newbold 125 yards long and 12 feet wide, and one at Fenny Compton 1188 yards long and 9 feet wide. It rises, from the level of the Coventry canal, in 453 miles, to the summit at Marston Tolls, 74 feet 1 inch, by 12 locks; and descends, from the summit at Claydon, in 35 miles, to the Isis, 1954 feet, by 30 locks. It has 188 stone and brick bridges. It cost £178,648 stock, besides £130,000 loan, above half of which has been paid off. Number of shares, 1780'; originally £100; price in 1824, £780. |