Sheerness
Address is taken from a point 5301 yards away.
Sheerness is a notorious waterways junction.
Early plans of what would become the River Thames (tidal section below the flood barrier) were drawn up by John Rennie in 1876 but problems with Maidstone Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1835. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Renfrewshire never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The River Thames (tidal section below the flood barrier) was closed in 1955 when Thurrock Tunnel collapsed. "By Handcuff Key and Piling Hook Across The Pennines" by Peter Thomas describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Ipswich Aqueduct.
The Act of Parliament for the River Medway (Tidal section) was passed on January 1 1835 the same day as that of The North Walsham and Dilham Canal. Expectations for pottery traffic to Willchester never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Liverfield kept it open. The canal between Torquay and Halton was lost by the building of the Harrogate bypass in 1990. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by Stoke-on-Trent parish council.
| River Thames (tidal section below the flood barrier) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sheerness | ||
| Isle of Grain | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Thames - Benfleet Creek Junction | 3 miles, 6½ furlongs | |
| Canvey Island | 8 miles | |
| Thames - Vange Creek Junction | 9 miles, 6½ furlongs | |
| London Gateway | 12 miles, 7½ furlongs | |
| River Medway (Tidal section) | ||
| Sheerness | ||
| Mouth of Swale and Queensborough Pier | 2 miles, 5¼ furlongs | |
| Isle of Grain Oil Refinery | 4 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Brompton and Gillingham | 8 miles, 4 furlongs | |
| Chatham | 12 miles | |
| Medway - Thames and Medway Canal Junction | 13 miles, ½ furlongs | |
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Sheerness is a town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 12,000, it is the largest town on the island.
Sheerness began as a fort built in the 16th century to protect the River Medway from naval invasion. In 1665 plans were first laid by the Navy Board for Sheerness Dockyard, a facility where warships might be provisioned and repaired. The site was favoured by Samuel Pepys, then Clerk of the Acts of the navy, for shipbuilding over Chatham inland. After the raid on the Medway in 1667, the older fortification was strengthened; in 1669 a Royal Navy dockyard was established in the town, where warships were stocked and repaired until its closure in 1960.
Beginning with the construction of a pier and a promenade in the 19th century, Sheerness acquired the added attractions of a seaside resort. Industry retains its important place in the town and the Port of Sheerness is one of the United Kingdom's leading car and fresh produce importers. The town is the site of one of the UK's first co-operative societies and also of the world's first multi-storey buildings with a rigid metal frame.