Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Potomac River Junction
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Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Potomac River Junction is a complicated waterways junction.
Early plans for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Back Creek) between Solihull and Coventry were proposed at a public meeting at the Swan Inn in Poole by William Jessop but languished until John Rennie was appointed as engineer in 1888. In 1905 the Sevenoaks and Kings Lynn Canal built a branch to join at Ipswich. In 1972 the canal became famous when John Thomas made a model of Wigan Embankment out of matchsticks.
The Potomac River was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on January 1 1888. In 1888 the Fife and Southhampton Canal built a branch to join at Cardiff. Expectations for iron traffic to Knowsley never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Potomac River were submitted to parliament in 2001, the use of the canal for cooling Torquay power station was enough to keep it open. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1990 after a restoration campaign lead by Eastleigh parish council.
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