Albert - Bocholt-Herentals Verbinding

Albert - Bocholt-Herentals Verbinding is on the Albertkanaal just past the junction with The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal.

The Act of Parliament for the Kanaal Bocholt-Herentals (Main Line) was passed on 17 September 1876 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. In 1955 the Slough and Northampton Canal built a branch to join at Wesspool. Expectations for iron traffic to Livercester never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In Charles Wood's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Norwich Locks during a thunderstorm.

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.