Navigation - Early works to 1800

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Thoughts on a late proposal for piloting ships at all seasons through Channel Creek , Instead of the Old Passage by the Braces, into Hoogly River.
Date: 1782
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The report of Mess. John Grundy, Langley Edwards, and John Smeaton, engineers, concerning the present ruinous state and condition, of the River Witham , and the Navigation thereof, from the city of Lincoln, thro' Boston, to it's outfall into the sea ; And of the Fen Lands on both Sides the said River. Together with proposals and schemes for restoring, Improving, and Preserving the said river and Navigation, And also for effecting the Drainage of the said Fen Lands. To which is annexed a plan, and proper estimates of the Expences in performing the several Works recommended for those Purposes.
Date: [1761?]
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A rule, order, or bye law, to be observed and kept by the bargemasters, ... concerned in the navigating ... any barge, boat, or vessel, on the rivers Thames and Isis, ... ordered at a general meeting of the Commissioners, ..
Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed for Improving and Completing the Navigation of the Rivers Thames and Isis.Date: 1786]
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An answer to the Worcester letter, dated December, 1785
Date: 1786?]
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A bill for making the river Weaver navigable, from Frodsham-Bridge to Northwich, in the county of Chester
Parliament of the United KingdomDate: 1720]