Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . e whole canalcompleted, to the confusion of the theorists, in 1701, and theprice of coal in Manchester fell from 7d. per cwt. to 3kl. Notcontent with this, the Duke set Brindley to work at onceon another canal connected with the first at Longford bridgeand going to Runcorn. This was also successfully carriedthrough, at a cost of £220,000. Long before it was finishedthe Duke was at his wits end for money. On
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . e whole canalcompleted, to the confusion of the theorists, in 1701, and theprice of coal in Manchester fell from 7d. per cwt. to 3kl. Notcontent with this, the Duke set Brindley to work at onceon another canal connected with the first at Longford bridgeand going to Runcorn. This was also successfully carriedthrough, at a cost of £220,000. Long before it was finishedthe Duke was at his wits end for money. On one occasionhe sent his steward round to collect scraps of rent in advance 1784] THE CAXAL SYSTEM. 437 to pay his workmen. Brindley got 2s. Gel. and latterly 3s. Gd. a dav. He was as economical as he was illiterate. ^ Ating- and ... - drink, Gd., is a common entry in his diary ; or again, masurmg a Cros from Dunham to \Varburton Mercey and Thalwall 3s. lid., Dunham for 2 diners. Is. .3d., for the man, Is. at Thalwall, Is. 2d. all Night AVarington. He could neither spell his employers title nor his own employment: to masuor the Duks pools I and Smeaton, and again novocion, is his. THE DIKE OF BUIDGEWATERS XAVIGATIOX ACROSS THE IRWELL. (•The Oxford Magosuir, 177r.) first attempt at navigation, and he seldom got nearer than novogation. Brindleys spelling, however, did not affect the commercial The Grandsuccess of the canals, and other persons soon desired to have a in the advantages they offered. Before the Dukes canalwas finished, Brindley was making surveys for a canal throughStaffordshire, a plan which ended in the Grand Trunk started from Runcorn, ran through the salt districts ofCheshire, thence through the Potteries, and then southwardto Rugeley, where it turns to the east, passes Burton, and joinsthe Derwent at Wilden. From here there was river com-munication to the Huniber. The project was supported b}Josiah Wedgwood, who himself cut the first sod
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