Brindley's

Watch highlights from Lynne Brindley's plenary session at the CILIP Umbrella conference 2007.

November 2007 2007

Due to the limitations of the technology at the time, however, Brindley's system was totally impractical.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

Martin Cole's head appeared out of the Brindley's doghouse and Donovan, vaulting on to the tow-path, shouted to him.

A Taste for Burning Bannister, Jo 1995

Brindley's cheeks burned, and her eyes lowered in acute embarrassment.

The Price She Paid. 1911

Its failure had been predicted; and, like Brindley's Barton Viaduct, it had been freely spoken of as a "castle in the air."

The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867

At the time that Mr. Telford was engaged upon the tunnel at Harecastle, he was employed to improve and widen the Birmingham Canal, another of Brindley's works.

The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867

At the same time the obsolete curvatures in Brindley's old canal were converted into separate branches or basins, for the accommodation of the numerous mines and manufactories on either side of the main line.

The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867

Brindley's Canal, for the sake of cheapness of construction -- money being much scarcer and more difficult to be raised in the early days of canals -- was also winding and crooked; and it was considered desirable to shorten and straighten it by cutting off the bends at different places.

The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867

Yarranton's plan was to make the river itself navigable, and by uniting it with other rivers, open up a communication with the Trent; while Brindley's was to cut a canal parallel with the river, and supply it with water from thence.

Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863

But in Brindley's mind the scheme widened far beyond the plans of the duke.

History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) Modern England, 1760-1815 John Richard Green 1860