Allerford / Norton / Grand Union Canal Company / Bristol & Exeter Railway Company / Anderson / Taunton / /
Country
United Kingdom / /
Currency
Shilling / GBP / /
Event
Reorganization / Employment Change / M&A / /
Facility
Early canal / Canal Navigation / Grand Western Canal / Sweet’s Hotel / The Grand Western Canal / Canal Navigations / Bude Canal / Somerset Canal / Taunton Canal / Tiverton Museum / Canal Lifts / White Ball Inn / Britain’s canal / /
Somerset Records Office / Special Assembly of Proprietors / Institution of Civil Engineers / Freemasonry / Annual General Assembly / Nynehead Court / Industrial Archaeological Society / Public Record Office / Lunar Society / Royal Society / Devon Records Office / /
Person
James Walker / James Anderson / James Fussell / Isaac Whitewood / Mike Clarke / Devon Records / Roger John Sellick / Henry Smith / Michael Blackmore / James Green / Helen Harris / Nynehead Lift / Robert Fulton / Isaac Cooke / James Brindley / William Sanford / Peter Brown / John Rennie / Erasmus Darwin / William Cubitt / John Twisden / John Burridge / John Thomas / Thomas Merriman / Denis Dodd / /
Position
civil engineer / Captain / manager / assistant engineer / physician / clerk / General / engineer / author / County Surveyor / Grand Western Canal Treasurer / County Bridge Surveyor / naval officer / superintendent and the engineer / experienced canal engineer / principal engineer / /
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