Bridgewater Canal
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The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Man
The Packet House at Worsley, on the canal
The Opening of the Bridgewater Canal A.D. 1761 by Ford Madox Brown, one of The Manchester Murals at Manchester Town Hall
Brindley's aqueduct, replaced late in the 19th century
Borrow's Bridge across the Runcorn extension of the Bridgewater Canal
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, known as Lord Francis Egerton until 1748, was an English peer from the Egerton family. He was the youngest son of the 1st Duke. He did not marry, and the duke
Bridgewater Canal
…The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to…
1868 portrait
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Memorial to the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater in the Bridgewater Chapel at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Little Gaddesden, where many Egerton family members are buried
The Bridgewater Canal