'Life of James Brindley' in J Weale (ed), Weale's Quarterly Papers on Engineering. Part 1
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- Author(s) Hughes, Samuel
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1843
- Pages pp1-49
- Publisher John Weale
- Place Published London
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Account of the life and engineering career of James Brindley with sections on, viz: 1] his apprenticeship and subsequent employment as a millwright; 2] employment by the Duke of Bridgewater 'with some account of the Bridgewater Canals'; 3] his work for Trent & Mersey Canal Co; 4] 'canal from the Trent to the Severn'; 5] work for Droitwich Canal, Birmingham Canal and Coventry Canal Co; 6] work for Oxford Canal Co; 7] work for Chesterfield Canal Co; 8] work for Leeds & Liverpool Canal Co; 9] 'professional character of Brindley'