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sought to provide mathematical proof of this. He also challenged assumptions about the likely use of the tunnel and questioned Dodd's experience and capabilities. Despite Clarke's objections, and by eliciting the support of people in high places, a company to build the tunnel was set up and an Act of
Parliament passed to approve its construction (
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Charles Clarke of the Gravesend Ordnance Office was not impressed. In particular he believed that the tunnel design would not work as Dodd had not thought through the dimensions correctly, but also that the design was fundamentally flawed and
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Britain led the world in the development of canals, bridges and tunnels which acted as a stimulus for the
Industrial Revolution by facilitating the transport of raw materials and manufactured goods. Ralph Dodd cannot claim to have been the greatest of technical engineers but his ideas and
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in tribute to Ralph Dodd. Dodd's Gin is made using an innovative production technique involving both traditional pot and vacuum distilling. Dodd's Gin is produced, bottled and labelled by hand in Bermondsey, London.
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be made (with some variation) upon it; but it will be exceedingly expensive: I am, however, told the trade that will come upon this canal will fully answer that expense, even were it twice as much'.
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