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 springs, the water from which is said to yield one-fourth of its weight in salt. The Grand Tunk Canal passes through the town, which gives it the benefit of an extensive inland navigation.

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We now enter on the Middlewich Embankment. There are five bridges in this work, which is about one mile and a quarter in length. To the right of the bridge is Winsford Lodge, the seat of J. Dudley. Esq.; and to the left, about a mile and a half from the road, is Manor Hall, the residence of W. Court. Esq. Here, to the right, is an extensive view of a level, open country, through which the river Weaver may me seen pursuing its course in graceful evolutions. To the left, the Derbyshire and Staffordshire hills bound the view.

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The Middlewich Branch Canal here flows beneath the Railroad.

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To the left is Lear Hall. The remains of a moat for the most part surround the house.

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From this post the Minshull Vernon Excavation (with the intervention of a short embankment) extends for about a mile; three bridges cross this cutting.

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