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<cite>An Address to the Public in Answer to the Case of the Trent and Mersey Canal Company</cite> - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
exhibition Controversial Proposals The Trent and Mersey Canal Company has recently issued controversial proposals to build a reservoir and...
<cite>At the Roe-Buck in Newcastle</cite> - Minutes of a Meeting to discuss the building of new branch canals. From the Enoch Wood scrapbook.
At the Roe-Buck in Newcastle a group of prominent men have gathered to discuss the plans for new branch canals connecting Hanley, Shelton, Burslem ...
<cite>Case of the Company of Proprietors of the Navigation from the Trent to the Mersey</cite> - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
exhibition Canals were among the most impressive - not to mention controversial - engineering enterprises of the 18th century. In this pamphlet, the Trent ...
<cite>Comparative Calculations</cite> - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
During 1796, a fierce debate was raging in Stoke-on-Trent over controversial proposals to build a new canal. The new canal promised to link Ashb...
<cite>Extracts from an Act of Parliament of the Sixth Year of the Reign of George the Third</cite> - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
When a committee of manufacturers in Stoke, Burslem and Wolstanton put their weight behind a scheme to build a new canal, they published a series o...
<cite>Inland Navigation</cite> - Pamphlet
exhibition This pamphlet, entitled Inland Navigation, outlines the contribution of the Trent and Mersey Canal to the relief of the poor in Stoke-...
<cite>Navigation from the Trent to the Mersey</cite> - Handbill from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
The Trent and Mersey Canal, begun in 1766, had become big business by the end of the 18th century. Its owners were concerned about ensuring an a...
<cite>Precaution is Prevention: Or, A Friendly Warning to the Landed and Agricultural Interest; respecting the Real Designs of the Grand Trunk Canal Company in their Intended Application to Parliament</cite> - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
exhibition During 1808, the Trent and Mersey Canal Company was attempting to persuade the government that it should be exempt from paying the 'poor rates.' ...
<cite>Proposed Commercial Canal</cite> - Declaration from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
exhibition A committee of subscribers to a scheme for a new canal are in uproar about the publication of a hand bill claiming to reflect their views. At th...
<cite>Proposed Grand Commercial Canal</cite> - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In this statement, a group of landowners protest that they have been misrepresented in print. They believe that they have been cast as supporter...
<cite>Proposed Grand Commercial Canal</cite> - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In this statement, a group of landowners protest that they have been misrepresented in print. They believe that they have been cast as supporter...
<cite>The Intended Commercial Canal</cite> - Minutes of a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter. From the Enoch Wood scrapbook
exhibition An ambitious new project has begun in Staffordshire - outlined at a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter. A transport revo...

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