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Born 1716 near Buxton, Derbyshire
Moved to Leek in 1726
In 1733 he started an apprenticeship with Abraham Bennet
Died 27th September 1772
In September 1772, at the age of 56, Brindley was surveying the Caldon canal and got soaked to the skin.
He caught a chill and then got taken to an inn and put in a damp bed.
Brindley became seriously ill, and died on the 27th September 1772
Canals built by James Brindley
The Trent and Mersey (Grand Trunk Canal)
The Bridgewater Canal
The Coventry Canal
The Oxford Canal
The Droitwich Canal
The Birmingham Canal
The Chesterfield Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Caldon Canal (Etruria to Froghall)
The Calder and Hebble Navigation
James Brindley Surveyed these canals but none were started in his lifetime
Lancaster Canal (surveyed in 1772)
Bradford Canal to Leeds and Liverpool (surveyed in 1767)
Rochdale Canal (surveyed in 1767)
Chester Canal (surveyed in 1762)
Huddersfield Broad Canal (surveyed in 1766)
Leeds and Selby Canal (surveyed in 1769)
Forth and Clyde Canal
Andover Canal (surveyed in 1770)
Salisbury and Southampton Canal (surveyed in 1771)
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
Canal to Shrewsbury
Stockton and Darlington Canal (surveyed in 1768)
Chesterfield to Swarkestone
Canal from Runcorn to Liverpool
The Stockport Canal
Canal from the Bristol channel to Exeter (surveyed in 1769)
Langport to Exmouth in Devon (surveyed in 1769)
Canal from Sonning to Mortlake (surveyed in 1769)
Lower Avon Navigation (1763)
Thames Navigation
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