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Extract from "Benjamin Outram 1764 - 1805 an Engineering Biography"
Chapters 7, 8 and 9 relating to design, promotion, building and related issues for Peak Forest Canal and Marple Aqueduct

Black and white photocopy of advertisement for the Daily Express Services of Boats from Manchester to Whaley Bridge with photograph of warehouse in Manchester
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Original photocopies with typed transcripts of minutes of the Proprietors of the Peak Forest meetings dated 1797, 1802, 1813 and 1840.

Two fragments of an original page from ledger showing route from Marple to London including details on mileage, locks, rise and tolls using Macclesfield, Trent & Mersey, Birmingham, Coventry and Oxford Canals.
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Booklets : The Peak Forest Canal - Marple to Whaley Bridge by Edward L Hill, two copies, printed and published by Gordon Mills & Co with black and white photographs and maps.
1. 26 pages describing the history of the canal and buildings it passes,…

Typed and hand written research material on the Peak Forest Canal Company : Author and dates unknown.
1. Typed general meeting notes showing state of debts of The Peak Forest Canal Company up to 1839 signed Hyde John Clarke, Chairman.
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Leaflet Published by Peak Forest Canal Society entitled "Your Canals - Restored or eliminated". Showing decline of Ashton and Lower Peak Forest canals and what should be done to restore them and how to get involved.
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Four page typed draft pages with information on the Peak Forest Canal (L.N.E.R) by Arthur Hulme, Assistant Divisional Accountant's Office, London Road, Manchester.
History of the Aqueduct over the river Goyt and passenger boats.
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Booklet entitled The Peak Forest Canal : Upper Level Towpath Guide by Olive Bower.
No 11 New Mills History Notes : Towpath Guide
68 pages covering history and industry with black and white photographs and hand drawn maps to assist the Towpath…