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From: "Pat Hayward" <>
Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Cartwright & Thomas
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 18:53:30 -0000

I saw this on another List but thought it might interest you folks.
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From: David Lewis Paget <
> On the Cartwright side of my family, a son of my great grandfather was
>a draughtsman and engineer, lived at Ocker Hill, and worked at Tipton.
>He worked for the Birmingham Canal Navigation Co., later taken over by the
>London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co. (LMS), to incorporate rail and
>canal transport.
> As you know the midlands was riddled with canals and at strategic
>places they had pumping stations to pump the water back up above the locks.
>This Harry Cartwright worked at one of these pumping stations at Tipton,
>where they had two huge pumping engines called Tangyes. Along with the
>pumping engines there was an engineering workshops where there were
>boilermakers, blacksmiths, boat builders, carpenters - every trade you can
>think of. Harry Cartwright was the deputy boss of this place.
> Just thought you might be interested.
>David
>Wallaroo, South Australia.
>
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