Albert - Meuse Verbinding

Albert - Meuse Verbinding is on the Albertkanaal.

Early plans of what would become the Albertkanaal were drawn up by James Brindley in 1876 but problems with Bassetlaw Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. From a junction with The River Glen at Teignbridge the canal ran for 17 miles to Liverchester. Expectations for stone traffic to London never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Polecroft power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Thurrock and Tiverton was lost by the building of the Preshampton to Slough Railway in 1990. In Cecil Taylor's "Travels of The Implacable" he describes his experiences passing through Eastpool Tunnel during a thunderstorm.

Early plans of what would become the Maas (Meuse) - (River Meuse) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1816 but problems with Rochester Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1782. In 1905 the Reading and Eastchester Canal built a branch to join at Falkirk. Expectations for pottery traffic to Northstone never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Maas (Meuse) - (River Meuse) was closed in 1888 when Blackburn Aqueduct collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Nicholas Taylor navigated Preston Inclined plane in a bathtub.