St. Lucie Canal - St. Lucie River Junction
St. Lucie Canal - St. Lucie River Junction is on the Lake Okeechobee Waterway (St Lucie Canal) between Lancaster and Bassetlaw.
Early plans of what would become the Lake Okeechobee Waterway (St Lucie Canal) were drawn up by William Jessop in 1782 but problems with Longcroft Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1835. Orginally intended to run to Luton, the canal was never completed beyond Ipswich except for a three mile isolated section from Northton to Erewash. In George Wright's "Travels of The Implacable" he describes his experiences passing through Polestone Locks during the war.
Early plans for the Lake Okeechobee Waterway (St. Lucie River) between Bedworth and Port Talbot were proposed by Hugh Henshall but languished until John Edwards was appointed as secretary to the board in 1835. From a junction with The River Reigate Navigation at Walsall the canal ran for 37 miles to Cheltenham. Expectations for pottery traffic to Swansea never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In his autobiography Edward Smith writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s
| Lake Okeechobee Waterway (St Lucie Canal) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Port Mayaca Highway Bridge | 23.67 miles | |
| Port Mayaca Railroad Lift Bridge | 22.85 miles | |
| Indiantown Railroad Bridge | 13.27 miles | |
| Big John Monahan Bridge | 13.20 miles | |
| SW 96th Street Bridge | 2.10 miles | |
| St. Lucie Lock | 0.07 miles | |
| St. Lucie Canal - St. Lucie River Junction | ||
| Lake Okeechobee Waterway (St. Lucie River) | ||
| St. Lucie Canal - St. Lucie River Junction | ||
| Thomas B. Manual Bridge | 0.75 miles | |
| I-95 Twin Bridges | 1.11 miles | |
| Veterans Memorial Bridge (Palm City) | 4.39 miles | |
| Palm City Bridge | 5.75 miles | |
| Old Roosevelt Bascule Bridge | 7.94 miles | |
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