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• A mediterranean passage by water, from London to Bristol, &c., and from Lynne to Yarmouth, and so consequently to the city of York for the great advancement of trade & traffique / by Francis Mathew, Esquire. (London : Printed by Thomas Newcomb, MDCLXX [1670]), by Francis Mathew (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A mediterranean passage by water, from London to Bristol, &c., and from Lynne to Yarmouth, and so consequently to the city of York for the great advancement of trade & traffique / by Francis Mathew, Esquire. (London : Printed by Thomas Newcomb, MDCLXX [1670]), by Francis Mathew (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Mediterranean passage by water between the two sea towns Lynn & Yarmouth. (London : printed by Gartrude Dawson, 1656), by Francis Mathew (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The case for making the rivers Aire and Calder in the county of York navigable to Leeds and Wakefield ([London : s.n., 1699]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A survey of the river Avon, from Bath, to Bristol, by experienc'd artists with their opinion of the difficulty, and charges to make the same navigable. ([London : s.n., 1669-1700]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A true relation of the trauels of M. Bush, a gentleman who with his owne handes without any other mans helpe made a pynace, in which hee past by ayre, land, and water: from Lamborne, a place in Bark.shire, to the Custome house Key in London. 1607 (London : Printed by T[homas] P[urfoot] for Nathaniel Butter, 1608), by Anthony Nixon (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Mediterranean passage by water between the two sea towns Lynn & Yarmouth. (London : printed by Gartrude Dawson, 1656), by Francis Mathew (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Of the opening of rivers for navigation, the benefit exemplified, by the two Avons of Salisbury and Bristol. : with a Mediterranean passage by water for billanders of thirty tun, between Bristol and London, with the results. (London : Printed by G. Dawson, 1660), by Francis Mathew (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Reasons against making the river Darwent, in the county of Derby, navigable I. The mayor and burgesses of Derby, have thrice heretofore attempted, without success, the making this river navigable. ... ([London : s.n., 1698-99]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Answer to Mr. Fords book. (London : printed by R.H., 1641), by W. Roberts (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The case for making the rivers Aire and Calder in the county of York navigable to Leeds and Wakefield ([London : s.n., 1699]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The case of the Corporation of the Great Level of the Fenns; relating to a bill depending in Parliament, for the better preservation of the navigation of the port of Kings-Lynn; which bill is for taking away the sluce at Denver-Dam, upon the river of Great Owze, in the County of Norfolk. ([London? : s.n., 1665]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Of the opening of rivers for navigation, the benefit exemplified, by the two Avons of Salisbury and Bristol. : with a Mediterranean passage by water for billanders of thirty tun, between Bristol and London, with the results. (London : Printed by G. Dawson, 1660), by Francis Mathew (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The coasting pilot: Describing the sea-coasts, channels, soundings, sands, shoals, rocks, & dangers: the bayes, roads, harbours, rivers, ports, buoyes, beacons, and sea-marks, upon the coasts of England Flanders and Holland with directions to bring a shipp into any harbour on the said coasts. Being furnished with the new draughts, charts, and descriptions, gathered from ye experience and practise of diverse able and expert navigators of our English nation. / Collected and published by John Seller. Hydrographer in ordinary to the King. ([London] : And are to be sold at his Shopps at the hermitage in Wapping: And in Exchange-Alley in Corne-Hill. And by W. Fisher at the Posterne on Towerhill: And by Jo. Wingfield in Crutched Fryars right against the Church, [1671?]), by John Seller (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• An act for making navigable the river of VVye. Thursday, the 26th of June, 1651. Ordered by the Parliament, that this Act be forthwith printed and published. Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti. (London : Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England, 1651), by England and Wales Parliament (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A letter to the traders and carriers on the navigations connecting Liverpool and Manchester, showing the easy means...of establishing...an elegant and comfortable conveyance for passengers... (J. Smith & son;, 1834), by Thomas Grahame (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ancient and present state of the navigation of the towns of Lyn, Wisbeach, Spalding, and Boston : of the rivers that pass through those places, and the countries that border thereupon, truly, faithfully, and impartially represented ; and humbly proposed to the consideration of the inhabitants of those places and countries ; with a way laid down to remedy all the inconveniencies and defects which they now labour under. (Printed for J. Noon, at the White-Hart in the Poultry ;, 1751), by Charles Kinderley (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new method of Robert Colepepyr, Gent., for speedy and effectual preservation of the navigation on the River Thames and to repair the water-breach in to Havering and Dagenham levels in Essex ... ([London : s.n., 1700?]), by Robert Colepepyr (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An answer to the objections, against making the river Darwent navigable: ([London : s.n., 1695]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An answer to the objections of the citizens of York, against the bill for making navigable the rivers Aire and Calder: ([London? : s.n., 1698]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Of the opening of rivers for navigation the benefit exemplified by the two Avons of Salisbury and Bristol : with a Mediterranean passage by water for billanders of thirty tun, between Bristol and London, with the results. (London : Printed by James Cottrel, 1655), by Francis Mathew (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A mediterranean passage by water, from London to Bristol, &c., and from Lynne to Yarmouth, and so consequently to the city of York for the great advancement of trade & traffique / by Francis Mathew, Esquire. (London : Printed by Thomas Newcomb, MDCLXX [1670]), by Francis Mathew (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A mediterranean passage by water, from London to Bristol, &c., and from Lynne to Yarmouth, and so consequently to the city of York for the great advancement of trade & traffique / by Francis Mathew, Esquire. (London : Printed by Thomas Newcomb, MDCLXX [1670]), by Francis Mathew (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The history of inland navigations. Particularly those of the Duke of Bridgwater, in Lancashire and Cheshire; and the intended one promoted (Printed for T. Lowndes, 1766), by James Brindley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on various projected lines of navigation from Sheffield. (Printed by J. Montgomery, 1813), by William Chapman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The canal system of England: its growth and present condition, with particular reference to the cheap carriage of goods. (T.F. Unwin, 1903), by H. Gordon Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Études pratiques sur la navigation du centre, de l'est et du nord de la France, et des principales voies navigables de la Belgique. (Carilian-Goeury et V. Dalmont, 1841), by François Aulagnier, Adolphe Angeville, and George Rennie (page images at HathiTrust)
• A general history of inland navigation, foreign and domestic; containing a complete account of the canals already executed in England with considerations on those projected. (J. Taylor and C. and R. Baldwin, 1803), by J. Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
• The "Flower of Gloster," (Williams and Norgate, 1911), by E. Temple Thurston (page images at HathiTrust)
• A report and survey of the canal, proposed to be made on one level, from Waltham-abbey to Moorfields. Also a report and survey, of a line, which may be continued from Marybone to the said proposed canal, in case any future design of navigation to that place, or the north side of London, from the rivers Thames or Coln, should ever take place. ([London, 1773), by Robert Whitworth and James Sharp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Institution of Civil Engineers, March 30, 1858 Charles Hutton Gregory, Esq., member of council, in the chair. (s.n., 1858), by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorial to Board of Trade, November 1886, by Public and Canal Navigations with respect to Acquisition by Great Western Railway Company of Thames and Severn Canal (1887), by Great Britain Parliament House of Commons and Great Britain Board of Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canal policy, no. I[-IV]. : It must be highly gratifying to all those who have any interest in, or wish to promote, the solid prosperity of this country, to find that the public interest is every where attracted towards the important object of facilitating the intercourse between the different states ... ([Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : [publisher not identified], [1824], 1824), by Mathew Carey (page images at HathiTrust)
• A report on the cost and separate advantages of a ship canal and of a rail-way, from Newcastle to Carlisle : published by order of and addressed to the Committee of Enquiry (Printed by Edward Walker, 1824), by William Chapman and Committee for Enquiring as to a Better Communication Between Newcastle and Carlisle (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Letter to the Kensington Canal Company on the Substitution of the Pneumatic Railway for the Common Railway by Which They Contemplate Extending Their Line of Conveyance, by John Vallance (Gutenberg ebook)
• Through Canal-Land in a Canadian Canoe, by Vincent Hughes (Gutenberg ebook)
• A designe for bringing a navigable river from Rickmansworth in Hartfordshire to St. Gyles in the fields the benefits of it declared and the objections against it. (London : Printed for John Clarke, 1641), by Edward Ford (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Of the opening of rivers for navigation the benefit exemplified by the two Avons of Salisbury and Bristol : with a Mediterranean passage by water for billanders of thirty tun, between Bristol and London, with the results. (London : Printed by James Cottrel, 1655), by Francis Mathew (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Tunnel from Gravesend to Tilbury (Printed for J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, High Holborn, 1798), by Ralph Dodd and J. Raffield (page images at HathiTrust)

• Histoire de la navigation intérieure (F. Didot, 1819), by J. Cordier, Albert Gallatin, and S. Philipps (page images at HathiTrust)

• Reports, with plans, sections, &c. of the proposed dry tunnel, or passage, from Gravesend, in Kent, to Tilbury, in Essex; demonstrating its practicability, and its great importance to the two counties, and to the nation at large: also on a canal from near Gravesend to Stroud ... (Printed for J. Taylor, 1798), by Ralph Dodd (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Manchester ship canal ... (Offices of "Engineering", 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Manchester Ship Canal, why it is wanted! and why it will pay! : with observations in reply to recent objections, and including appendix relating to the Bridgewater Navigation Company (J. Heywood, 1882), by Cottonopolis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some legal considerations in relation to the proposed Manchester Ship Canal : and the duty of municipal corporations to support the undertaking (J. Heywood, 1882), by Manchester barrister (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manchester Ship Canal : engineers' reports and report of the Provisional Committee to the subscribers to the guarantee fund, submitted to the meeting, held on September 26th 1882, at the Old Town Hall, Manchester : also, report of meeting and list of subscribers to original guarantee fund, formed to defray expenses of preliminary survey : also, list of Provisional Committee. (J. Heywood, 1882), by Manchester Tidal Navigation Company. Provisional Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Manchester Ship Canal : the London daily periodical press on the question. The "Colliery guardian" on the advantages of the canal to the Yorkshire coal fields. (Guardian Letterpress and Lithographic Works, 1882) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Manchester Ship Canal scheme, a criticism (J. Heywood, 1883), by A. Provand (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Manchester Ship Canal, a reply to Mr. A. Provand's adverse criticism (J.F. Wilkinson, printer, 1883), by Supporter of the Canal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts and figures in favour of the proposed Manchester Ship Canal : showing how to solve the cheap transport problem for the great import and export trade of Lancashire and the West Riding (J. Heywood ;, 1882), by Mancuniensis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The proposed Manchester Ship Canal : facts and figures in favour of a tidal navigation to Manchester, showing how to solve the cheap transport problem for the great import and export trade of Lancashire and the West Riding (J. Heywood and Tubbs, Brook, & Chrystal, 1882), by Mancuniensis (page images at HathiTrust)

• A description of the sands, shoals, buoyes, beacons, roads, channels, and sea marks on the coast of England: from the southforeland to Flamborough head, being furnished with new & exact droughts of the sands, acording to the said descriptions / by John Seller, hydrographer to the Kings most excellent Majestie, and are to be sold by him at the Hermitage staires in Wapping. (London : [J. Seller?, 1671?]), by John Seller (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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