Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.
1772 James Brindley started work on the Chester Canal, another part of his ambitious Grand Cross network. It was constructed to run from the River Dee near Seal and Road, to Nantwich in south Cheshire
1774 Canal opened.
1813 The Ellesmere Canal merged with the Chester Canal, forming the Ellesmere and Chester Canal company.
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