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	Duke of Bridgewater - page 1
		Francis Egerton, the third and last Duke of Bridgewater, was born on May 3rd 1736 and, escaping the family scourge of tuberculosis which carried off his siblings, he carved out for himself a niche in history as the Canal Duke.
		Bridgewater was all set to marry the widowed Duchess of Hamilton when a scandal erupted involving her sister.
		Elizabeth refused the Duke's ultimatum to disown her relative, and the duke stuck stubbornly to his guns and called off the marriage.
	www.cottontimes.co.uk /bridgewatero.htm (487 words)

	Francis Egerton, 1st earl of Ellesmere - LoveToKnow 1911
		FRANCIS EGERTON ELLESMERE, 1ST Earl Of (1800-1857), born in London on the 1st of January 1800, was the second son of the ist duke of Sutherland.
		He was known by his patronymic as Lord Francis Leveson Gower until 1833, when he assumed the surname of Egerton alone, having succeeded on the death of his father to the estates which the latter inherited from the duke of Bridgewater.
		To the splendid collection of pictures which he inherited from his great-uncle, the 3rd duke of Bridgewater, he made numerous additions, and he built a noble gallery to which the public were allowed free access.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Francis_Egerton%2C_1st_earl_of_Ellesmere (395 words)

	Bridgewater Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bridgewater Canal is a canal in North West England, near Manchester.
		The Bridgewater Canal is often considered to be the first true canal in Britain, in that it relied on existing watercourses purely as sources of water rather than as navigable routes.
		The Bridgewater Canal came about because the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater wanted an efficient way to transport coal from his coal mines at Worsley in Lancashire, into Manchester, where the Industrial Revolution was underway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bridgewater_Canal (626 words)

	Bridgewater Canal from Canal Junction
		The Bridgewater Canal is as flat as a pancake.
		The Duke’s agent, John Gilbert, was project manager and his engineer was the millwright James Brindley who had already surveyed a canal to extend the Trent upstream from Derby into the Potteries (1758).
		OTHER CANALS Ashton Canal, Basingstoke Canal, BCN, Bridgewater Canal, Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Coventry Canal, Grand Union Canal, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Kennet and Avon Canal, Lancaster Canal, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Llangollen Canal, Macclesfield Canal, Mon.
	www.canaljunction.com /canal/bridgewater.htm (686 words)

	Lacrosse convert now coaches it - The Boston Globe
		BRIDGEWATER -- The region is quickly becoming a lacrosse hotbed and a breeding ground for young coaches.
		She was named Bridgewater State College's head coach days before practice began this spring and led the Bears to a 4-9 campaign.
		Smith, who starred for both the lacrosse and field hockey teams at Bridgewater State before graduating two years ago, is surprised by her quick rise through the ranks.
	www.boston.com /sports/colleges/articles/2006/06/29/lacrosse_convert_now_coaches_it (729 words)

	Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (May 21, 1736–March 8, 1803) (also the 6th Earl of Bridgewater) was a British nobleman.
		He did not marry, and the dukedom expired with him, although the earldom was retained through John William Egerton.
		He is renowned as the commissioner of the Bridgewater Canal – the first true canal in Britain (and the modern world) – which was built for him by James Brindley to service his coal mines at Worsley, in Lancashire.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Francis_Egerton%2C_3rd_Duke_of_Bridgewater (132 words)

	6.Duke of SutherlandEgerton, John Sutherland
		Duke put the collection on view to the general public in 1806, a tradition that has been maintained by subsequent generations of the family.
		Duke of Bridgewater (the man who constructed the Bridgewater Canal) and a son of the 1.
		Duke inherited these pictures in 1944 and they arrived at Mertoun, his home in the Borders, from the family's London home, Bridgewater House, mercifully just before it was destroyed along with its contents by German bombs.
	worldroots.com /cgi-bin/gasteldb?@I25799@ (1065 words)

	war and social upheaval: industrial revolution -- English canals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Duke Bridgewater at age 22 began the constructiin of canals when he deciuded to connect his coalmines with cotton mills in Manchester 6 miles distant.
		James Brindley constructed the Duke's cananal and was involved in all of the early canal project in the Midlands.
		The Duke Bridgewater in 1758 at age 22 began the construction of canals when he decided to connect his coalmines with cotton mills in Manchester 6 miles distant.
	histclo.hispeed.com /essay/war/ir/can/cc-eng.html (1074 words)

	Bridgewater
		Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, Marquess Of Brackley, Earl of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackley, Baron Of Ellesmere.
		It was formed by the Duke of Bridgewater, who died in 1803, and the treasures even then were valued at £150,000.
		NOTES on Elmer Paul Bridgewater: During WWII, and the Battle of the Pacific, he was wounded on the Island of Guam, he died on a hospital ship in the South Pacific, and was buried on Mariana Island, later disenterened and reburied on Jul 23, 1949 at Corning, AR.
	jimrobins.cherokee-online.com /bridgewater.php (1043 words)

	Bridgewater, Vermont, New England, USA
		The name is probably for Francis Egerton (1736-1803), the third and last Duke of Bridgewater; a grandson of John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, and also related to the Granvilles.
		At one time Bridgewater was engaged to Elizabeth, the widowed Duchess of Hamilton, but broke off the match because she refused to stop associating with her unconventional sister, Lady Coventry.
		The Duke of Bridgewater is considered to have been the father of the British inland waterways system, which transformed the industrial life of the country.
	www.virtualvermont.com /towns/bridgewater.html (716 words)

	Bridgewater Canal - Definition, explanation
		The Bridgewater Canal is a canal in North West England, centered on Manchester.
		The Bridgewater Canal is often considered to be the first true canal in Britain in that it relied on existing watercourses purely as sources of water rather than as navigable routes.
		The Bridgewater Canal came about because the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater wanted an efficient way to transport coal from his coal mines at Worsley in Lancashire, into Manchester, where the Industrial Revolution was underway.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/br/bridgewater_canal.php (633 words)

	Bridgewater canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Duke took his Bill to Parliament but gaining the Act was no formality as all the same objectors who had succeeded in preventing the 1753 canal were out in force again.
		The Bridgewater Canal passed into the hands of the Duke's uncle, the Marquess of Stafford (formerly Lord Gower), though the Duke willed that a group of trustees should be formed to look after the interests of his collieries and the canal company.
		Like his nephew, the Duke of Bridgewater, he should always be remembered as one of the founders of the canal system.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/bridgewatercanalroot.htm (4870 words)

	This Day in History, September - Duke Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Duke Power establishes "Share the Warmth," a community partnership in the Carolinas to assist families and individuals with their heating bills -- regardless of heating source.
		Duke Power's partnership with the state, local government and BMW management played a critical role in BMW's decision to locate the facility in South Carolina.
		Duke Power operates under a heightened state of security as a result of the tragic terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
	www.dukepower.com /aboutus/company/history/thisday/september.asp (1505 words)

	Boothstown - Mining and the Bridgewater Canal
		By 1776 the Bridgewater Canal was extended to the River Mersey at Runcorn, thus linking Manchester with Liverpool by waterway, and in 1795 an Act was passed allowing the canal to be extended westwards to Leigh.
		The entrance to the level was by the Bridgewater Canal in Worsley village, and the tunnel extended north towards Walkden, with further tunnels along the coal seams being constructed at right angles to the main level.
		The story of the Bridgewater collieries and canal is told in The Duke of Bridgewater's Canal by Frank Mullineux (Eccles and District History Society, 1988), The Bridgewater Heritage by Christopher Grayling, Bridgewater Estates plc, 1983, and in The Canal Duke's Collieries: Worsley 1760-1900 by Glen Atkinson (published by Neil Richardson, Radcliffe).
	freespace.virgin.net /tony.smith/mining.htm (1588 words)

	Bridgewater Monument, follies and folly towers at follytowers.com
		The Duke of Bridgewater, to whom this column is dedicated, was the person who initiated the building of the United Kingdom's canal system.
		It is also interesting when you consider that what was once the 'life blood' of the country, and held in such high regard by people, are now either lost or forgotten in a lot of instances.
		The Duke then decided he needed a method to get the coal from his mines around Worsley to Manchester, a place which now found itself at the heart of the industrial revolution.
	www.follytowers.com /bridgewater.html (651 words)

	The Open Door Web Site : History : The Industrial Revolution : The Development of Canals in Britain : Thomas Telford
		The canal was so successful in cutting the cost of transport, that the Duke of Bridgewater was able to reduce the cost of his coal.
		The Duke of Bridgewater became very rich from his mines and even richer from the canal.
		The Duke of Bridgewater had shown that, by building a canal, goods could be transported more cheaply and efficiently than by road.
	www.saburchill.com /history/chapters/IR/021.html (646 words)

	Lancashire Worthies - the Great Duke of Bridgewater
		The Duke's new canal was represented as unnecessary, dangerous to the districts through which it ran, and which it was sure to flood, and, last, not least, as an interference with the vested rights~ of the Mersey and the Irwell Company.
		From a slim youth, the Duke of Bridgewater became, in middle and later age, a large and corpulent man. His features are said to have borne a strong resemblance to those of George III.
		It is from the graceful tribute to the Duke of Bridgewater by his grandnephew, of which we have so often availed ourselves, and it may form a fitting close to a sketch of his career.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/fulltext/lw1874/ch11.htm (8782 words)

	The Duke's Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The third Duke of Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, was born on 21st May 1736.
		At the age of 22 the Duke became actively involved with his Worsley estates and, along with his agent John Gilbert, started addressing the problems associated with transporting coal from his mines.
		One year later, in March 1759, the Duke successfully obtained an Act of Parliament that authorized the work to begin and in the summer of that year he employed James Brindley as the "Engineer" for the canal.
	pages.prodigy.net /brinnand/ramblings/hist3dc.htm (705 words)

	Dee Dee Bridgewater \| Jazz Set
		Bridgewater, who succeeds former host Branford Marsalis, will usher the show into its second decade of providing listeners with some of the best classic jazz music available on the radio.
		Touted by the Village Voice as "the most capable jazz singer of her generation," Dee Dee Bridgewater is a consummate entertainer.
		In addition to her entertainment endeavors, Bridgewater is a humanitarian Ambassador to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
	www.deedeebridgewater.com /jazzset.html (468 words)

	Bridgewater Monument, follies and folly towers at follytowers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Duke of Bridgewater, to whom this column is dedicated, was the person who initiated the building of the United Kingdom's canal system.
		It is also interesting when you consider that what was once the 'life blood' of the country, and held in such high regard by people, are now either lost or forgotten in a lot of instances.
		The Duke then decided he needed a method to get the coal from his mines around Worsley to Manchester, a place which now found itself at the heart of the industrial revolution.
	www.follies.btinternet.co.uk /bridgewater.html (651 words)

	Worsley on the Bridgewater Canal
		The monument to the Duke of Bridgewater, which stands on the green, was converted from the base of a factory chimney.
		At nearby Worsley Delph were the twin entrances to the Duke of Bridgewater's underground canal tunnels - the reason for the Bridgewater Canal's existence.
		This is the junction of a short arm leading from the Bridgewater Canal to the mines entrance in Worsley Delph.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /bridgewater/worsley.htm (315 words)

	Bridgewater College \| Will, P.
		Paige also was the first Bridgewater student to take part in the cooperative program with Duke University’s School of Forestry, receiving the master of forestry degree from Duke in 1960.
		He has served as president of the Bridgewater Little League program and is a charter member of the Central Valley Habitat for Humanity Chapter.
		As a standout student-athlete at Bridgewater College, a successful businessman and a leader in the community, N. Paige Will is an obvious choice to be inducted into the Bridgewater College Athletic Hall of Fame.
	www.bridgewater.edu /index.php?id=786 (281 words)

	George Duke Online :: Biography
		Predictably, the energetic, unstoppable George Duke keeps moving from strength to strength, bringing invention, dimension and texture to music that is alive with personality and rich with artistry.
		Duke composed the theme for the “News and Notes” PBS radio show staring Ed Gordon, and flew to Jakarta, Indonesia for the 1st Annual Jakarta Jazz festival.
		A week later, Duke was in the studio with this band recording his new jazz CD for release in June 2006.
	www.georgeduke.com /biography.html (3262 words)

	Bridgewater Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1817 a route to the Newport Pagnell Canal was considered and in 1823 one between the Ivel Navigation and the Grand Junction.
		The "first canal of the canal age" was promoted by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, and built under the direction of John Gilbert.
		Lymm Cruising Club : Situated on the Bridgewater canal near the centre of the village of Lymm, in Cheshire.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Bridgewater-Canal.html (1513 words)

	::Canals 1750 to 1900::
		The man most associated with early canals was the Duke of Bridgewater.
		The duke gave the task of designing and building the canal to James Brindley - an engineer who at this time had never built a canal before.
		As such, the duke was taking a great risk and he even had to borrow £25,000 to pay for the project - which was a vast sum of money then.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /canals_1750_to_1900.htm (678 words)

	The Bridgewater Canal in Greater Manchester
		The Bridgewater Canal received Royal Assent on 23rd March 1759, and was to be the forerunner of all modern canals.
		Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater conceived the idea as a way to move coal from his mines in Worsley into Manchester - a way he believed would be quicker and cheaper.
		The Bridgewater canal continued to carry working traffic until 1974, for its branches pass through the heart of Trafford Park, Manchester's huge industrial estate, where large companies, such as Kelloggs and Courtaulds, still manufacture produce.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /transport/canals6.html (486 words)

	New Page 1
		The Bridgewater Canal was built by the Earl of Bridgewater to carry coal out of his mines to Manchester.
		The Packet-boat 'Duchess Countess', skippered by Captain John Miller, was the last high-speed passenger boat to be built for the Bridgewater and made a daily passenger run between Stockton Heath and Manchester, carrying passengers and express goods.
		A nephew of the last Duke of Bridgewater was created Duke of Stafford.
	www.duchess-countess.org.uk /Bridgewater.htm (404 words)

	Bridgewater Canal
		The Bridgewater Canal was constructed to transport the Duke of Bridgewater's coal from his mine at Worsley.
		Coal was needed in large quantities to fuel the industrial revolution, the canal enabled coal and other goods to be transported efficiently and cheaply to the rapidly expanding towns and cities.
		The Bridgewater connects with the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Leigh, The Rochdale Canal and The Manchester Ship Canal in Manchester.
	www.bridgewatercanal.co.uk (256 words)

	Introducing Canal History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Duke of Bridgewater's agent at Worsley was John Gilbert, a man of great ability who had a scheme for underground canals into the workings of the Dukes coal mines with inclined planes to transport boats on rails, a system that was successfully used for over 100 years.
		This job had a double family connection to the Bridgewater Canal for not only was Earl Gower guardian to the Duke of Bridgewater but his agent Thomas Gilbert was the brother of the Duke's agent, John Gilbert.
		Perhaps the one thing above all that brought the Bridgewater Canal and the name of James Brindley to the attention of the public was the aqueduct across the River Irwell at Barton.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Introducing-Canal-History.htm (1148 words)

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