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Bridgewater, Duke of (1736-1803), Francis Egerton, was a pioneer of canal navigation in Britain (now the United Kingdom). In 1759, he employed the English engineer and canal builder James Brindley to build a canal linking his coal mines at Worsley with Manchester. This canal was the first in Britain to be independent of a natural waterway. Bridgewater devoted his life to developing his canals and coal mines.

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