Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803) English nobleman and mine owner who commissioned the building of the Bridgewater. The Duke as a young man. In the background is the Barton aqueduct carrying the canal over the River Irwell. Engraving from ''Lives of the Engineers' by Samuel Smiles (London, 1862).

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Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803) English nobleman and mine owner who commissioned the building of the Bridgewater. The Duke as a young man. In the background is the Barton aqueduct carrying the canal over the River Irwell. Engraving from ''Lives of the Engineers' by Samuel Smiles (London, 1862).

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