The drug Brindley injected into his penis was a non-specific vasodilator, an alpha-blocking agent, and the mechanism of action was clearly corporal smooth muscle relaxation.

The second option gained most support, and a new committee was set up, who asked James Brindley to take over from Smeaton in 1765.

James Brindley, the engineer behind many of the canals in England, did his first canal work on the Trent and Mersey, though his first job in charge of construction was on the Bridgewater Canal.

James Brindley was employed as engineer and work got under way .” ( A quote from Canals, Routes and Roots, The Trent and Mersey Canal, by Peter Hardcastle )

There are actually two tunnels ; the first was built by Brindley and was 2880 yards ( 2633 m ) long, and barges were ' legged ' through by men lying on their backs and pushing against the roof with their feet.

In the 1900s, the Brindley tunnel was closed due to severe subsidence, but the Telford Tunnel-although also prone to the same problems-remains in use, and is the fourth-longest navigable canal tunnel in the United Kingdom.

James Brindley was the chief engineer of the canal, which was part of his Grand Cross plan for waterways connecting Hull, Liverpool and Bristol.

Hugh Henshall, who was the brother-in-law of James Brindley, was asked to re-survey the route in 1792, and recommended a diversion to Newent.

James Brindley was the first to survey a route, which would have run from the Bristol Channel to Exeter, following the course of the River Tone for part of its route.

Leek was the home of James Brindley, the 18th century canal engineer.

James Brindley ( 1716 – 27 September 1772 ) was an English engineer.

Brindley was commissioned as the consulting engineer and, although he has often been credited as the genius behind the construction of the canal, it is now thought that the main designers were Sir Thomas Egerton himself, who had some engineering training, and the resident engineer John Gilbert.

The first sod was cut by Josiah Wedgwood in 1766 and Brindley carried it away in a barrow.

Brindley married Anne Henshall on 8 December 1765 when he was 49 and she was 19.

The inscription on his grave reads " James Brindley, of Turnhurst, Engineer, was interred Sept. 30, 1772, aged 56.

The route of the canal was surveyed by James Brindley and John Varley, who estimated the cost at £ 94, 908 17s.

The canal was a typical Brindley contour canal, following the contours to avoid costly cuttings and embankments, which resulted in a less than direct route in places.

Surveying of the route and initial construction were originally supervised by the celebrated engineer James Brindley, assisted by Samuel Simcock who was also Brindley's brother-in-law.

The standard for the dimensions of narrow canal locks was set by Brindley with his first canal locks, those on the Trent and Mersey Canal in 1776.

Cullman is located on top of Brindley Mountain plateau at ( 34. 177508 ,-86. 844996 ).

" He still makes his residence north of town at his Brindley Farm.

The canal essentially follows river valleys, shadowing the course of tributaries, to break through the watershed between the Trent and Severn north-west of Wolverhampton, at the Aldersley Gap, a minor glacial feature turned to advantage by Brindley.

In total, throughout his life Brindley built 365 miles ( 587 km ) of canals and many watermills, including the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal the Coventry Canal, the Oxford Canal and numerous others, and he also constructed the watermill at Leek, now the Brindley Water Museum.

James Brindley died at Turnhurst within sight of the unfinished Harecastle Tunnel on 27 September 1772.

Within the grounds of James Brindley Primary School at Parr Fold Avenue, Worsley is a wooden barge once used for the transportation of coal from local mines.

* Brindley Water Mill at Leek, Staffordshire

James Brindley was brought in for his technical expertise ( having previously installed a pumping system at the nearby Wet Earth Colliery ), and after a six-day visit suggested varying the route of the proposed canal away from Salford, instead taking it across the River Irwell to Stretford and thereon into Manchester.

Brindley moved into Worsley Old Hall and spent 46 days surveying the proposed route, which to cross the Irwell would require the construction of an aqueduct at Barton-upon-Irwell.

It required 12 locks to climb over the hill though the town ; Brindley had found the earth too soft to dig a cutting though at the time.

The first canal to be built in the area was the Birmingham Canal, built from 1768 to 1772 under the supervision of James Brindley from the, then, edge of Birmingham, with termini at Newhall Wharf ( since built over ) and Paradise Wharf ( also known as Old Wharf ) near to Gas Street Basin to meet the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Aldersley ( north of Wolverhampton ).

Brindley ’ s assistant manager, former Wimbledon star, Steve Anthrobus, was appointed Manager but he was unable to save the club from relegation, after playing out a 0 – 0 draw at Vauxhall Motors.

The locks could have been avoided if a tunnel had been built, but the ground was too unstable for James Brindley to build a tunnel using the techniques available at the time.

Among them was Brindley Benn, who was confined at Sibley Hall of Mazaruni Prison for several months.

He is famous as the originator of British inland navigation, the commissioner of the Bridgewater Canal — often said to be the first true canal in Britain and the modern world ( see below for a qualification )— which was built for him by James Brindley to service his coal mines at Worsley, in Lancashire.

But the genius of Brindley, his engineer, proved superior to all obstacles, and though at one period of the undertaking the financial resources of the Duke were almost exhausted, the work was carried to a triumphant conclusion.

The statue of James Brindley at Etruria, where the canal joins the Trent & Mersey main line

Although Brindley was officially " Inspector of the Works ", he was busy building the Trent and Mersey Canal at the time, and so the contractor responsible for building the locks was sent by John Priddey, the resident engineer, to work with and be taught by Brindley.

Nettles left eleven acres of land in his will to his daughter Elizabeth Brindley, then following her death to Sir Richard Onslow and his heirs, with the rents from the land to be paid to the school for the maintenance of a scholar at Oxford or Cambridge.

Lacey's Spring is an unincorporated community in northeastern Morgan County, Alabama, United States at the base of Brindley Mountain.

At this time Brindley had never built a lock and he first built an experimental lock in the grounds of Turnhurst, a house he had bought near the summit, and this determined the design of the narrow canal lock which characterized most of the canals in the Midlands, with a single upper gate and double mitre lower gates.

He is remembered in Birmingham by Brindley Drive ( on the site of former canal yards ), the Brindleyplace mixed-use development and a pub, The James Brindley ( both being canal-side features ), and the James Brindley School for children in Birmingham's hospitals ; in Leek with the James Brindley Mill ; and by numerous other streets in the areas in which he worked.

James Brindley was the engineer charged with building the canal, a man who gives his name to the busy district in the centre of Birmingham near the International Convention Centre, National Indoor Arena and Broad Street.

Construction began in August 1790, when Thomas Dadford, a pupil of the canal engineer James Brindley, arrived on site, with Thomas Sheasby, his son Thomas Dadford, Jr., and a team of workmen.

The club also won the 2004 FA Trophy, beating Canvey Island 3 – 2 with the goals coming from Anthony Maguire, Les Hines and a late winner by then assistant manager Chris Brindley.

Despite winning a major piece of silverware, Manager Barry Powell was sacked after a poor league showing ended with them failing to qualify for the newly created Conference North and Powell was replaced by fans favourite Chris Brindley.

Brindley Benn became the most prominent Afro-Guyanese to remain with the PPP, making a statement against the divide-and-rule tactics of colonialism.

The construction of Bridgewater's canal, with its famous aqueduct across the Irwell, was carried out by James Brindley, the celebrated engineer.

The duo soon augmented the band with bassist Paul Brindley and drummer Patrick Hannan.

The only Victoria Cross awarded to an RAF Fighter Command pilot during the Battle of Britain, was won by James Brindley Nicolson whilst serving with 249 squadron.

Brindley comes back with a largely level route via Smethwick, Oldbury, Tipton, Bilston and Wolverhampton to Aldersley.

From 1969 onwards Brindley developed the sacral anterior root stimulator, with successful human trials from the early 1980s onwards.