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 24 feet 7 inches; then in one mile and a half up the Rainhill Inclined Plane, there is a rise of 82½ feet; and from Rainhill to Sutton, a distance of one mile and seven furlongs, is level; then a fall of 82½ feet in one mile and a half; in the next two miles and a half there is a fall of 5 feet; and in the following six miles and a half there is a fall of 37 feet; this is the lowest point on the railway; from whence, in the next five miles and a half, is a rise of 21 feet 1½ inches; the last four miles and a half to Manchester, are level. Adjoining the great tunnel at Liverpool there is also constructed another short one, for the accommodation of carriages taking passengers. Mr. George Stevenson has been the engineer to this undertaking, under whose superintendence the work has been ably conducted; Messrs. G. and J. Rennie were also called in upon particular occasions by the promoters of the undertaking.

The utility of the work cannot yet be fairly estimated; but if it should answer the high expectations now entertained, it will be one of the most lucrative concerns in the kingdom, and of the utmost importance to the great trading towns of Liverpool and Manchester, as well as to the district of country through which it passes.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS AND HARBOUR.
8 Anne, C. 12, R. A. - - - - - 1710.

3 Geo. I. C. 1, R. A. - - - - - 1716.

11 Geo. II. C. 32, R A. - - - - - 1737.

2 Geo. III. C. 86, R. A. - - - - - 1762.

25 Geo. III. C. 15, R. A. - - - - - 1785.

39 Geo. III. C. 59, R. A. 21st June, 1799.

51 Geo. III. C. 143, R. A. 10th June, 1811.

59 Geo. III. C. 30, R. A. 19th May, 1819.

6 Geo. IV. C. 187, R. A. 27th June, 1825.

9 Geo. IV. C. 114, R. A. 27th June, 1828.

THE acts for improving the port of Liverpool and for completing and maintaining the docks, quays, basins, works and buildings erected and made there, are of too general a nature to be stated at large in these pages, particularly as they do not form an essential part of a work exclusively on inland navigation. It may therefore suffice to remark, that trustees for the management of these works are incorporated under the title of "The Trustees of the Liverpool Docks," and have powers to purchase land, enlarge such docks as are necessary, to make others with their accompanying buildings, and to raise monies for the execution of the trusts confided to them. To enter more particularly into the precise terms of these acts and the sums of money each directs to