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To the commissioners of the river Wear, and port and haven of Sunderland : in the county of Durham, the following pages, containing reasons against the filling up, or lessening the receptacles for the flux of water in navigable rivers, especially the remains of the receptacle in the river Wear, are most respectfully dedicated /

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Main Author:	Robson, Joseph
Corporate Author:	River Wear Commissioners (Sunderland, England)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Inland navigation > England. Rivers > England > Regulations. Wear River (England) Electronic books.
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