JAMES BRINDLEY AND THE DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER: CANAL VISIONARIES
Written by Victoria Owens
Published by Amberley Publishing
in 2015
ISBN: 9781445649665
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- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
JAMES BRINDLEY AND THE DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER: CANAL VISIONARIES
Written by Victoria Owens.
Stock no. 1828471
1st.
2015.
Softcover.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Disappointed in love, in 1759 Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, retreated to Lancashire to devote himself to coal and canals. When his agent, John Gilbert, introduced him to the Staffordshire Schemer James Brindley, the two men formed an unlikely alliance that would alter the face of the country. This book charts the dynamics of a remarkable business relationship in a fast-changing world. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos/illustrations. ISBN: 9781445649665. A lovely copy.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter One 1759-60: The Duke and the Scheme
- Chapter Two 1761 Brindley Ascendant: The Barton Aqueduct
- Chapter Three Summer 1761 - Autumn 1763: The Bridgewater Canal
- Chapter Four 1762-64:Rivers
- Chapter Five 1765 Setting the Trent on Fire: Promoting the Canal from the Trent to the Mersey
- Chapter Six Interlude: Leisure and Love
- Chapter Seven 1766: Beginning to Build the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
- Chapter Eight 1767-68: Brindley's Zenith
- Chapter Nine New Branches: The Droitwich Canal and the Birmingham Canal
- Chapter Ten 1770: Brindley and the Thames
- Chapter Eleven Chester and Chesterfield: Mortality
- Chapter Twelve Immortality
- Appendis
- Notes and References
- Bibliography
- Index of people and places