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George W. Buck, the Glossary

George Watson Buck (1789–1854) was the engineer of the Montgomeryshire Canal in the early 19th century, and was responsible for the unique lock paddle design.^[1]

37 relations: Ackworth, West Yorkshire, Act of parliament, Cast iron, East London Waterworks Company, Ellesmere Canal, Farlington, Hampshire, Gosport, Institution of Civil Engineers, Isle of Man, John Dadford, Josias Jessop, Listed buildings in North Rode, Llanymynech, Lock (water navigation), London and Birmingham Railway, Manchester and Birmingham Railway, Maughold (parish), Montgomery Canal, Newtown, Powys, Norwich, Portsmouth, Quakers, Rainhill trials, Ralph Walker (engineer), Ramsey, Isle of Man, River Severn, Robert Stephenson, Scarlet fever, Skew arch, Stockport Viaduct, Stockton and Darlington Railway, Stoke Holy Cross, Thomas Dadford, Thomas Dadford Jr., Tower Hill, Trigonometry, Wrought iron.
English canal engineers

Ackworth, West Yorkshire

Ackworth is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Act of parliament

An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council).

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.

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East London Waterworks Company

The East London Waterworks Company was one of eight private water companies in London absorbed by the Metropolitan Water Board in 1904.

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Ellesmere Canal

The Ellesmere Canal was a waterway in England and Wales that was planned to carry boat traffic between the rivers Mersey and Severn.

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Farlington, Hampshire

Farlington is a primarily residential district of the city of Portsmouth in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.

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Gosport

Gosport is a town and non-metropolitan borough, on the south coast of Hampshire, South East England.

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Institution of Civil Engineers

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.

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John Dadford

John Dadford was an English canal engineer, as were his father Thomas Dadford and brothers Thomas Dadford, Jr. and James Dadford. George W. Buck and John Dadford are English canal engineers.

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Josias Jessop (1781–1826) was a canal engineer, and second son of William Jessop, one of the great canal engineers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. George W. Buck and Josias Jessop are 19th-century English engineers and English canal engineers.

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Listed buildings in North Rode

North Rode is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England.

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Llanymynech

Llanymynech is a village and former civil parish straddling the border between Montgomeryshire/Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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London and Birmingham Railway

The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, in operation from 1833 to 1846, when it became part of the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR).

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Manchester and Birmingham Railway

The Manchester and Birmingham Railway was built between Manchester and Crewe and opened in stages from 1840.

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Maughold (parish)

Maughold (Maghal) is one of the seventeen parishes of the Isle of Man.

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Montgomery Canal

The Montgomery Canal (Camlas Trefaldwyn), known colloquially as "The Monty", is a partially restored canal in eastern Powys and northwest Shropshire.

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Newtown, Powys

Newtown (Y Drenewydd) is a town in Powys, Wales.

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Norwich

Norwich is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England of which it is the county town.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Rainhill trials

The Rainhill trials was an important competition run from the 6 to 14 October 1829, to test George Stephenson's argument that locomotives would have the best motive power for the then nearly-completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR).

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Ralph Walker (engineer)

Ralph Walker (1749 – 19 February 1824) was a Scottish civil engineer, particularly associated with harbour engineering works in London.

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Ramsey, Isle of Man

Ramsey (Rhumsaa) is a coastal town in the north of the Isle of Man.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain.

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Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson, (Hon. causa) (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. George W. Buck and Robert Stephenson are 19th-century English engineers.

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Scarlet fever

Scarlet fever, also known as scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a Group A streptococcus (GAS).

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Skew arch

A skew arch (also known as an oblique arch) is a method of construction that enables an arch bridge to span an obstacle at some angle other than a right angle.

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Stockport Viaduct

Stockport Viaduct carries the West Coast Main Line across the valley of the River Mersey in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

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Stockton and Darlington Railway

The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863.

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Stoke Holy Cross

Stoke Holy Cross is a village in South Norfolk which lies approximately south of Norwich.

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Thomas Dadford

Thomas Dadford Sr. (died 1809) was an English canal engineer as were his sons, Thomas Dadford Jr., John Dadford, and James Dadford. George W. Buck and Thomas Dadford are English canal engineers.

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Thomas Dadford Jr.

Thomas Dadford Jr. (ca. 1761 to 1801) was an English canal engineer, who came from a family of canal engineers. George W. Buck and Thomas Dadford Jr. are English canal engineers.

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Tower Hill

Tower Hill is the area surrounding the Tower of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Trigonometry

Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with relationships between angles and side lengths of triangles.

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Wrought iron

Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Buck

Also known as G W Buck, George Watson Buck.

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English canal engineers

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