BRINDLEY, JAMES

BRINDLEY, JAMES
   a mechanician and engineer, born in Derbyshire; bred a millwright; devoted his skill and genius to the construction of canals, under the patronage of the Duke of Bridgewater, as the greatest service he could render to his country; regarded rivers as mere "feeders to canals" (1716-1772).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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