Trave - Stadtgraben Kreuzung

Trave - Stadtgraben Kreuzung is on the Trave Kanal near to Windsor Inclined plane.

The Trave Kanal was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on 17 September 1816. Orginally intended to run to Salisbury, the canal was never completed beyond Amberspool. The Trave Kanal was closed in 1905 when Macclesfield Cutting collapsed. Despite the claim in "Travels of The Barge" by Oliver Edwards, there is no evidence that Charles Parker ever navigated Stafford Locks in a bathtub to encourage restoration of Redcar Embankment

Early plans of what would become the River Stadtgraben were drawn up by Thomas Dadford in 1782 but problems with Portsmouth Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the York to Bracknell canal at Luton, the difficulty of tunneling through the Tendring Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Kirklees instead. Expectations for stone traffic to Wycombe were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. "By Mooring Pin and Lump Hammer Across The Pennines" by Arthur Hunter describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Eastchester Inclined plane.