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Page 40 - Lfttlê and Liverpool Canal connects the Irish Sea with the German Ocean ; length 127 miles. It is connected with the Lancaster Canal from Wigan to Kirkby-Kendal, 76 miles ; and with the Bridgctcatei- Canal from Manchester to Runcorn on the Mersey, 27 miles.
Page 41 - Trent are joined by the Grand Trunk Canal, which commences at Preston Brook, in Cheshire, and proceeds through Stafford and Derby to the confluence of the Derwent and Trent, 93 miles. The Thames and Severn Canal commences at Lechlade, on the Thames, and proceeds to Stroud, in Gloucestershire, 30 miles, and thence to the Severn, 8 miles, by the...