Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

Inland Navigation

Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater, is called the Father of British Inlana Navigation. (1729-1803.) A title certainly due to James Brindley (1716-1772).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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