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December 10, 1631. Sir Hugh Myddelton died.—A successful London goldsmith and banker, Myddelton projected and carried through the scheme for bringing water to London from springs at Chadwell and Amwell in Hertfordshire. The New River Works were begun in 1609 and completed in 16I3, the canal being io feet wide and more than 38 miles long. There are memorials to Myddelton at Islington, Holborn, and the Royal Exchange.
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S., E. Calendar of Industrial Pioneers. Nature 110, 793 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110793a0
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