Francis Egerton third Duke of Bridgewater

Standard Name: Bridgewater, Francis Egerton,,, third Duke of

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By December 1760: Canal building was in progress in Lancashire,...

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By December 1760

Canal building was in progress in Lancashire, following the passing of the third Duke of Bridgewater 's Canal Act.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
30 (1760): 623

1762-December 1772: Under the auspices of the third Duke of Bridgewater,...

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1762-December 1772

Under the auspices of the third Duke of Bridgewater , a canal was built connecting Manchester with Liverpool (about 56 miles).
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
White, Daniel E. “The Joineriana: Anna Barbauld, the Aikin Family Circle, and the Dissenting Public Sphere”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 4, 1999, pp. 511-33.
533n48

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