Commissioners were appointed, any nine of whom could agree to improve the river by constructing locks, removing annoyances, and creating towing paths.
12.
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.
13.
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.
14.
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.
15.
In order to appease John Buller, a substantial local landowner, the canal would have a " Towing Path of sufficient width for Gentlemen's Carriages ".
16.
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.
17.
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.
18.
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.
19.
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.
20.
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.
