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line of the canal to be built at a lower level. A lock was added at Bere Mills, to raise the line by 7 ft and the length of the Chard incline was increased. Construction costs were much higher than anticipated, and another act of Parliament, the ' (3 & 4 Vict. c. i) was obtained in March 1840, allowing the company to raise another £80,000 in shares, and to obtain a mortgage for £26,000, while a third act, the ' (4 & 5 Vict. c. x) allowed construction to continue

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