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Is this a plural, or a mistake?

Hello. In the rather excellent and interesting bit under the header "The Purton Hulks" we currently have this:

In 1909, following a collapse in the bank of the river, the Canal Companies chief engineer Mr A. J. Cullis called for old vessels to be run aground [...]

Do we mean that Mr Cullis was the chief engineer of "the canal company", or if you insist "the Canal Company"? Or was he the chief engineer of some body or affiliation that should correctly be referred to as "the Canal Companies"? Like that, plural, no possessive, with caps?? The article doesn't seem to help - I don't think there is much reference to the canal company, which would put it in context. For now, tll you what, I will be bold and change it to what I think might be more correct (singular, possessive, no caps) and then you can come and tell me what an idiot I am - which is fair enough (the good Lord knows it happens often enough!) as long as you tell me why I'm an idiot! :) Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 07:29, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Further to that, here are a Wayback Machine archive of the missing link and another associated page:

I will try to get these into the article - unless you beat me to it! :) Having said that I don't see anything there that convinces me I'm wrong in the change above. And this:

http://www.friendsofpurton.org.uk/

- might be useful too. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 07:44, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Which end?

The article says By half way through 1799 ... only 5½ miles of the canal had been completed.

It would be jolly helpful to know which end this was. Afterbrunel (talk) 18:37, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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