[Drop-head title:] Considerations upon The intended Navigable Communication between the Friths [sic] of Forth and Clyde. In a Letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Preses [sic]of the General Convention of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland, from a Member of the Convention

A MEMBER OF THE CONVENTION

Published by [s.n.] [1767], [Edinburgh], 1767

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21pp, [1]. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers. Scattered spotting. Early, shaved, inscription to head of initial leaf: 'From (?)R. Algermont for the R. Honble Welbore Ellis'. A report determining the practicability and expense of constructing a navigable canal between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde. Designed by civil engineer John Smeaton (1724-1792), work of the Forth and Clyde Canal, began in 1768. His largest single project, the canal ran for twenty-eight miles from Grangemouth to Glasgow, with twenty locks and two substantial aqueducts. The canal was completed in 1777. Provenance: Welbore Ellis, first Baron Mendip (1713-1802), politician, secretary of state for America from February to March 1782. ESTC T165313. Size: Quarto.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Drop-head title:] Considerations upon The intended Navigable Communication between the Friths [sic] of Forth and Clyde. In a Letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Preses [sic]of the General Convention of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland, from a Member of the Convention
• Publisher: [s.n.] [1767], [Edinburgh]
• Publication Date: 1767
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First edition.