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• Concurrently, towing paths along rivers were made obsolete by new, motorized boats.
• A branch to Radstock was started but instead a tramway was laid along its towing path.
• Yeoman was also responsible for setting out towing paths, designing 35 roving bridges, and construction of lock gates.
• A towing path is a road or track on the bank of a river, canal, or other inland waterway.
• One problem with the horse towing path where it passed under a bridge was abrasion of the rope on the bridge arch.
• It curves along the edge of a sportsground and playing field, and the former towing path is now a public footpath.
• Many rivers were improved by artificial cuts, and this often gave an opportunity to construct a towing path at the same time.
• They had built locks and some artificial cuts to bypass difficult sections of the river, and created a towing path for horses.
• A horse is connected to the carriage with a towing rope, proceeding on one side of the rail on a towing path.
• This proposal formed the basis for an Act of Parliament obtained in 1783, which also allowed a horse towing path to be built.
• Commissioners were appointed, any nine of whom could agree to improve the river by constructing locks, removing annoyances, and creating towing paths.
• After seeing them, they recommended that a towing path should be built through the tunnel but the extra cost and delays could not be afforded.
• Another act of 1571 allowed the Lord Mayor to make cuts and improvements to the river, and to construct towing paths on both sides of it.
• This had been requested by the Thames and Severn Canal company, but requests for a horse towing path in 1799 and 1812 were dismissed as too expensive.
• In order to appease John Buller, a substantial local landowner, the canal would have a " Towing Path of sufficient width for Gentlemen's Carriages ".
• In response to petitions, the construction of a towing path suitable for horses was started in 1792, and was completed as far as Anderton by mid-1793.
• While towing paths were most convenient when they stayed on one side of a canal, there were occasions where it had to change sides, often because of opposition from landowners.
• Hore's work was completed in 1723 ( with the towing path usable by the following year ), providing a navigable waterway as well as wharves and Aldermaston and Newbury.
• Users of the Trent and Mersey Canal, the Loughborough Canal and the Erewash Canal next demanded major improvements to the river down to Gainsborough, including new cuts, locks, dredging and a towing path suitable for horses.
• Jerrold describes how " the towing paths presented to the view of the more fortunate people upon the private river-side terraces, a mixed population . . . " The house was, at the time, the residence of a Mr Marsh Nelson.