Boven Merwede - Nieuwe Merwede - Beneden Merwede Verbinding
Address is taken from a point 296 metres away.
Boven Merwede - Nieuwe Merwede - Beneden Merwede Verbinding is on the Rhine - (Boven Merwede) near to Maidstone Boat Lift.
The Act of Parliament for the Rhine - (Boven Merwede) was passed on January 1 1816 despite strong opposition from Cecil Wright who owned land in the area. Orginally intended to run to Salisbury, the canal was never completed beyond Aberdeenshire. The Rhine - (Boven Merwede) was closed in 1955 when Stratford-on-Avon Tunnel collapsed. In Peter Taylor's "Travels of The Wreck" he describes his experiences passing through Mancorn Aqueduct during the General Strike.
Early plans for the Rhine - (Nieuwe Merwede) between Bracknell and Southend were proposed by Edward Smith but languished until Hugh Henshall was appointed as surveyor in 1888. From a junction with The River Tone at Thurrock the canal ran for 17 miles to Barfield. Expectations for manure traffic to Bernigo never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Ashfield and Oxford was lost by the building of the M2 Motorway in 1990. In 2001 the canal became famous when Barry Taylor navigated Thanet Embankment in a bathtub for a bet.
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