iO4 Josiah Wedgwood CHAP, x 



brought a branch of the canal to an adjoining platform 

 for the accommodation of the boats and the transport of 

 his goods. He had removed his manufactory thither 

 from Burslem, partially in 1769, and wholly in 1771, 

 before the construction of the canal had been com- 

 pleted. 



And now we must follow his career into an entirely 

 new branch of his undertaking. 



