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  1. 1745-1814. British canal engineer, who built
  2. the first canal in England entirely dependent
  3. on reservoirs for its water supply (the
  4. Grantham Canal 1793-97), and who designed
  5. (with Thomas Telford) the 300 m/ 1,000 ft
  6. long Pontcysyllte aqueduct over the river
  7. Dee.
  8.