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D1. Which of James Brindley,
Thomas Telford, William Jessop and John Smeaton had the longest life?
D2. What two early canal
personalities were brothers-in-law?
D3. What family contained a
father and two sons who were all canal engineers?
D4. What father and son were
successive engineers to the Aire & Calder?
D5. The engineer who suggested
(but didn’t design) the Anderton Lift later became Engineer of an
important new waterway. Who was he?
D6. And which waterway did he
build?
D7. What was the name of Captain
Vivian Bulkeley-Johnson’s pleasure-boat that gave its name to something
rather larger?
D8. And who was the manager of
the company he funded?
D9. Who was the road carrier who
took to canal carrying, opening depots in Manchester in 1794, Paddington in
1805 and Islington in 1820. His family company went over to rail & road
transport in 1847, and became part of British Road Services in 1947, although
keeping its name.
D10. What company took over their
wharf in Islington round about 1890? |
