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  1. 1716-1772. British canal builder, the first
  2. to employ tunnels and aqueducts extensively,
  3. in order to reduce the number of locks on a
  4. direct-route canal. His 580 km/360 mi of
  5. canals included the
  6. Bridgewater (Manchester-Liverpool) and Grand
  7. Union (Manchester-Potteries) canals.
  8.