Plan of the Proposed Aire and Dunn Canal

Printed plan of The Proposed Aire and Dunn Canal to drain the contiguous Lands and to shorten and connect the present navigations, by William Smith (1769-1839), Engineer, 1819. Drawn on stone by J[ohn] Phillips. The lithograph map was drawn by William Smith's nephew John Phillips who had set up a small (short lived) printing business out of his uncle's house in Buckingham Street, London. The bill for the proposed canal was brought before the House of Commons in April 1819, but was rejected. The canal was never constructed. Lithograph

1769-1839 1819 Aire Connect Constructed Contiguous Drain Dunn Lands Lived Navigations Nephew Proposed Rejected Shorten Uncles

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