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WATERWAYS WORLD SITE OF THE MONTH JANUARY 2002 "Thomas Sheasby" Born 1740 at Tamworth in Staffordshire Died 1799 Thomas Sheasby worked on the following canals In 1776, he was contracted to design and build Polesworth Bridge over the Coventry Canal at Polesworth In 1780, he was also contracted to build and design Duke's Bridge in Coleshill In the late 1780s, Sheasby was a contractor on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. In June 1785 he was contracted to connect the Coventry Canal to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Worked with Thomas Dadford on the Cromford Canal in 1789. The Glamorganshire Canal in 1790 with Thomas Dadford Sr. and his son. The canal opened in February 1794, however, soon after, a bank was breached and they were called back to repair it. They refused to do any work before they received a payment in advance. The company imprisoned Sheasby, Dadford Sr and his son as so they could recover the £10,000 surety, arguing they had been overpaid £17,000. As a result of the imprisonment, Sheasby and Dadford were unable to work on their next project and the next phase of the Glamorganshire Canal was built by Patrick Copland. After being released, Sheasby was taken on as engineer and contractor to complete the Monmouthshire Canal to Glynneath, including the aqueduct, by November 1, 1793. He was to be paid £14,886, £2,500 was to be withheld for three years. Sheasby was unable to complete the canal in time, he was arrested again and the company had to complete the canal themselves. He later assisted Charles Roberts as an engineer on the Swansea Canal. Sheasby had already surveyed the canal in 1793, however, his problems meant he could not be appointed as the engineer at the time. He was appointed engineer in 1796 with his son. The canal was partially opened in 1796 and was completed in October 1798. Sheasby died a year later. His other works included surveys for the Shropshire Canal in 1788, a Brecon Forest tramroad and a Llandeilo-Llandovery canal project in 1793. UKCanals Ring Owner: Ken Fairhurst Site: UK Canals PREV LIST RANDOM JOIN NEXT Powered by Bravenet UK Waterways web ring member [ See All Sites | Join | Random | << Prev | Next >> ] The author is a member of Mail the Web-master. This site is designed and written by KJF Designs © 2000 - 2009