'Life of James Brindley' in S Smiles, Lives of the Engineers; with an account of their principal works comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain. Volume 1
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- Author(s) Smiles, Samuel
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1861
- Pages pp307-476
- Publisher John Murray
- Place Published London
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Subsequent editions. Deals with, inter alia, wheelwright and millwright work at Leek; erection of flint mills; erection of silk mill at Congleton, Cheshire; Duke of Bridgwater's canals in Lancashire; Grand Trunk Canal and Josiah Wedgwood; Wolverhampton Canal; Droitwich Canal; his domestic life