Bridgewater Canal in England In the mid-eighteenth century the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, who owned several coal mines in northern England, desired a dependable way to transport his coal into the fast industrializing city of Manchester. He commissioned the engineer James Brindley to build a canal for that goal. https://getsocialnetwork.com/story5712864/indicators-on-canal-infantil-you-should-know