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From the painting by Ford Madox Brown. Opened on 17th July 1761, the Bridgewater Canal has a special place in history as the first canal in Britain to be built without following an existing watercourse, and so became a model for those that followed it. The Duke and his agent, John Gilbert, determined to build a canal from Worsley to Manchester and Salford. James Brindley was engaged as engineer for the project. The first Bridgewater Canal Act was passed in 1759, and the initial section of the canal was opened on the 17th July 1761.
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