Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Co

From Graces Guide

of Stockton, Worcester

1792 Construction started at the River Severn at Gloucester.

1798 Reached Ledbury

1845 Reached Hereford, 34 miles from the start.

1881 Canal closed to allow construction of the Ledbury to Gloucester Railway.

1908 The property of the company has been sold to the Great Western Railway. [1]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  • IWA website [1]