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Galton's Canal was a 1-mile 3 furlong (2.2 km) canal with one lock, crossing Westhay Moor in Somerset, England, and connecting the River Brue to the North...9 KB (1,056 words) - 12:05, 8 February 2023
which he had drained, by constructing Galton's Canal. Samuel Galton joined the Lunar Society in December of 1785. Galton would join the Lunar Society as an...8 KB (1,011 words) - 19:06, 31 July 2023
its features. It is maintained by the Canal and River Trust and lends its name to the nearby Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station. It is a grade I...16 KB (1,938 words) - 17:38, 8 April 2024
The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation)...34 KB (748 words) - 22:26, 2 February 2024
Galton Valley Canal Museum is a small museum, located in Smethwick, England, on the border with Birmingham and alongside the BCN Main Line canals. The...2 KB (321 words) - 00:16, 26 September 2022
River Brue. Under the terms of the Act, two small canals, called Galton's Canal and Brown's Canal, were built near the North Drain to serve peat extraction...20 KB (2,448 words) - 23:59, 17 November 2021
(Congresbury) Yeo (South Somerset) Canals Bridgwater and Taunton Canal Chard Canal Galton's Canal Glastonbury Canal Grand Western Canal Ivelchester and Langport...7 KB (785 words) - 20:15, 4 August 2023- The canals of the United Kingdom are a major part of the network of inland waterways in the United Kingdom. They have a varied history, from use for irrigation...23 KB (2,975 words) - 11:59, 8 May 2024
• coordinates 51°11′58″N 2°51′44″W / 51.1995°N 2.8621°W / 51.1995; -2.8621 Length 10 km (6 mi) Basin features Tributaries • left Galton's Canal...1 KB (42 words) - 01:23, 4 January 2024
The Carlisle Canal opened in 1823, linking Carlisle to the Solway Firth, to facilitate the transport of goods to and from the city. It was a short-lived...22 KB (3,495 words) - 01:19, 3 June 2024- Birmingham Canal)71 ft (22 m) cutting through Lunar Society member, Samuel Galton's land, creating the Galton Valley, 70 feet deep and 150 feet wide, running parallel to...21 KB (2,114 words) - 03:20, 13 March 2024
The canal network of the United Kingdom played a vital role in the Industrial Revolution. The UK was the first country to develop a nationwide canal network...40 KB (5,250 words) - 12:28, 23 January 2024
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal (1827), Glastonbury Canal (1834), Grand Western Canal (1839), Westport Canal (1840) and Chard Canal (1842). Steam ships were...64 KB (7,749 words) - 11:15, 3 June 2023
In the 1810s Samuel Galton Jr. showed that bogs could be drained and dressed with clay and other soil, and built Galton's Canal. The character of the...26 KB (2,785 words) - 05:26, 8 February 2023
1949. Both Galton's Canal and Brown's Canal, which were built in the early 19th century, were connected to the river. The Glastonbury Canal used the course...49 KB (4,650 words) - 10:07, 21 August 2022
Darwin–Wedgwood family (section Samuel "John" Galton)Francis Galton was also notable). Theodore Galton (1784–1810) Adele Galton (1784–1869) married John Kaye Booth, d.s.p. Hubert John Barclay Galton (1789–1864)...41 KB (4,106 words) - 13:27, 3 June 2024
Pumping station (section Canal water supply)Birmingham Thinktank New Smethwick Pumping Station (now part of Galton Valley Canal Heritage Centre) Used to pump water from a well into a reservoir...22 KB (2,899 words) - 08:42, 9 March 2024
Thomas Telford (category British canal engineers)construction in 1829, Galton Bridge was the longest single span in the world. Telford surveyed and planned the Macclesfield Canal, which was completed...34 KB (3,650 words) - 22:43, 11 June 2024
low-level line is the Birmingham New Main Line canal. The high-level platform extends over the canal, and the line Northbound quickly passes over a surviving...14 KB (1,102 words) - 08:06, 25 May 2024
Paddington (section Canal)Police Station. Paddington Waterside aims to regenerate former railway and canal land. Districts within Paddington are Maida Vale, Westbourne and Bayswater...44 KB (4,536 words) - 03:05, 17 June 2024- THE EUGENICS LABORATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Among Sir Francis Galton's unnumbered services to science has been the establishment of a laboratory
- quays, with the snow-sprinkled ground and the hard, frozen water of the canal, in which were set ships one behind another with their frosty mooring-ropes
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