Considerations on the present state of the navigation of the River Thames, from Maidenhead to Isleworth; : and also on the utility ... of a navigable canal, from Boulter's Lock, ... to Isleworth; proposed ... in ... 1770; agreeable to the survey of Messieurs Brindley and Whitworth

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