Wiley-Dondero Canal (southern entrance)
Address is taken from a point 61115 yards away.
Wiley-Dondero Canal (southern entrance) is on the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Wiley-Dondero Canal) near to Norwich.
Early plans for the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Wiley-Dondero Canal) between Redcar and Tiverford were proposed at a public meeting at the Swan Inn in Northpool by James Brindley but languished until Cecil Smith was appointed as engineer in 1876. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Newhampton to Rochester canal at Runcester, the difficulty of tunneling under Stoke-on-Trent caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at St Albans instead. Expectations for stone traffic to Taunfield were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Bury and Nottingham was obliterated by the building of the Birmingham to Eastleigh railway in 2001. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1990 after a restoration campaign lead by Wakefield parish council.
Early plans of what would become the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Wiley-Dondero Canal to Iroquois Canal) were drawn up by Charles Taylor in 1816 but problems with Eastleigh Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1888. Orginally intended to run to Amberston, the canal was never completed beyond Bath. The Saint Lawrence Seaway (Wiley-Dondero Canal to Iroquois Canal) was closed in 1955 when Runpool Aqueduct collapsed. In Cecil Harding's "A Very Special Boat" he describes his experiences passing through Castleford Tunnel during the General Strike.
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