432 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



Inscription upon the south side of the • 

 Pier next to the south side of the 

 river. 

 The Nobility and Gentry of 



the adjacent Counties, 

 having united their efforts with 

 Hie great commercial interests of 

 this country, in creating an inter- 

 course and union between 

 England and North Wales, 

 by a navigable communication of 

 the three Rivers 

 Severn, Dee, and Mersey. 

 for the mutual benefit of Agriculture 

 and Trade, caused the first stone 

 of this Aqueduct of 

 PONTCYSVL'l'E, 

 to be laid on the 26th day of July, 



1795, 



w^hen Rich. Myddelton, of Chirk, 



csq^. M. P. one of tlic original 



patrons of the 



Ellesmere Canal, 



Was Lord of this IManor, 



and in the reign of our Sovereign 



Geoege the Third, 

 when the equity of the laws, and 

 the security of [iropcrty, 

 promoted the general welfare of the 

 Nation ; while the Arts and Sci- 

 ences flourished by his 

 patronage, and 

 the conduct of civil life was improv- 

 ed by his example. 

 The Navigation over this Aqueduct 

 was opened 26"th November, 

 1805. 

 Dimensions. Ft. In. 



Length of the iron work 1007 

 Height from the surface of 

 the rock, on the south 

 side of the river, to the 

 topof the tide-plates, 126 8 

 Breadth of the water-way 



within the iron Mork, 11 10 



Number of stone pillars, 

 besides abutments, 18. 



Ft. In. 



Distance of ditto from each 



other at the top, 45 



Depth of the iron plates for 



canal part, _ - - 5 3 



Length of the earthen em- 

 bankment, south side of 

 the river, - - - - 1508 

 Height of ditto, at the south 



abutment, - - - . 75 

 Thomas Telford was the engineer. 

 Mat. Davidson superintended the 



work. 

 John Simpson executed the ma- 

 sonry. 

 Wra. Ilazlcdinc executed the iron- 

 work. 

 Wm. Daris executed the earthen 

 embankment. 

 At Pontcysylte, during the proi 

 cession, a couple of sheep were 

 roasting near the Aqueduct, on 

 Avhich, with an ample addition of 

 beef and ale, the numerous work- 

 niiiu were to dine in the adjacent 

 foundcry, where the iron-work was 

 cast. The Artillery company and 

 band of music were plentifully re- 

 galed both at Pontcysylte and El- 

 lesmere. 



29th. Mr. Grifiin, gardener to '] 

 John Manners Sutton, esq. at Kel- 

 ham-house, has cut, during the pre- 

 sent season, 22 queen pines, weigh- 

 ing together 11 Sib. 3oz. ,,•),■ 



iM 



DECEMBER. 



I 



5th. At jNIoulton, co. Lincoln, 

 the choir of singers, who have been 

 associated 55 } ears, attended ser- 

 vice there, and sung the three first 

 verses of the 9th psalm, and the four 

 first and the seventh verses of the 

 98 ; after which the rev. William 

 Maugham (ia the 80th year of his 



age) 



