Civil Engineer, of Tewkesbury.
1758, 12 January, Patent No. 720, for a water balance-assisted crane, intended for transferring goods between canal boats instead of constructing locks.[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'The Stroudwater Canal' by Michael Handford, 1979, Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. The patent drawing of the crane is shown in Plate 9