[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.
[Edinburgh].
[s.n.], [1767].
First edition.
Quarto.
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.
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.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 35295
