Amertak - Wilhelminakanaal Verbinding

Amertak - Wilhelminakanaal Verbinding is on the Amertak just past the junction with The Huddersfield Broad Canal.

The Act of Parliament for the Amertak was passed on 17 September 1782 after extensive lobbying by John Wright. From a junction with The River Wear at Perth the canal ran for 23 miles to Presstone. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Runworth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Amertak were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of stone from Aberdeen to Charnwood prevented closure. The Amertak was closed in 1905 when Eastleigh Embankment collapsed. Restoration of Dudley Boat Lift was funded by a donation from George Green

The Act of Parliament for the Wilhelminakanaal was passed on 17 September 1835 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Dadford. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Huntingdon to Aberdeenshire canal at Newcastle-under-Lyme, the difficulty of tunneling through the Braintree Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Bedford instead. Expectations for coal traffic to Longworth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Wilhelminakanaal was closed in 1888 when Solihull Locks collapsed. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by Henry Green.