Template:Did you know nominations/Peel's Cut
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:06, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
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- ... that Peel's Cut was dug by the grandfather of British prime minister Robert Peel?
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- Source: "Peel's grandfather, Robert Peel (1723-1795), was a dealer in the Lancashire linen and cotton trade" from: {{cite book |last1=Gaunt |first1=Richard |title=Sir Robert Peel: Contemporary Perspectives |date=7 July 2022 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-315-40068-6 |pages=8-11 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Sir_Robert_Peel/7V9wEAAAQBAJ |language=en}} and " In the earlier 1780s Robert Peel dug a cut from the west bank of the river near the Branston boundary to power a cotton mill he had opened at Bond End. (fn. 1a) Known as Peel's Cut, it survived until the late 1960s when it was filled in, along with most of the channels which had created the islands in the river." from: {{cite web |title=Burton-upon-Trent: Communications A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9, Burton-Upon-Trent. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol9/pp22-31 |website=British History Online |access-date=28 October 2024}}}}
- ALT1: ... that the Peel's Cut watercourse in Staffordshire, England, lasted more than 100 years longer than the mill it was excavated to power? Source: As above for date of creation and filling, plus: "Bond End Mill last made cotton in 1849." from: {{cite book |last1=Brook |first1=Fred |title=The Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles |date=1977 |publisher=Batsford |isbn=978-0-7134-0924-6 |page=101 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Industrial_Archaeology_of_the_Britis/IfsaAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}
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Dumelow (talk) 17:24, 29 October 2024 (UTC).
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|comments = I updated the caption in the article to clarify the direction. You need to add the reference to the end of Alt1's sentance. I prefer Alt1 to Alt0. Used Earwig with no issues. Otherwise looked good!
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::Hi dm, sorry I missed this while I was away. I have duplicated the ref to the sentence in the article talking about the closure of the mill for ALT1 - Dumelow (talk) 16:02, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
::: Hi Dumelow - thanks for updating. I've cleared all the objections - looks like you're good to go. dm (talk) 05:11, 12 November 2024 (UTC)