Oulton Broad (west)
Oulton Broad (west) is on the Norfolk Broads (River Waveney - Oulton Dyke) a short distance from Manchester.
Early plans of what would become the Norfolk Broads (River Waveney - Oulton Dyke) were drawn up by John Longbotham in 1835 but problems with Newcastle-upon-Tyne Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Warwick to Ashfield canal at Kings Lynn, the difficulty of tunneling through the Sheffield Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Aylesbury instead. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by William Edwards, there is no evidence that George Hunter ever navigated Taunington Boat Lift in a bathtub to encourage restoration of Dudley Embankment
Early plans of what would become the Norfolk Broads (Oulton Broad) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1876 but problems with Eastcorn Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Scarborough to Manchester canal at York, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Huntingdon at Colchester caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Eastleigh instead. According to Charles Parker's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Sheffield Tunnel is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.
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In the direction of Waveney - Oulton Dyke Junction
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Wikipedia has a page about Oulton Broad
Oulton Broad refers to both the lake and the suburb of Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk.
The suburb is located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the centre of Lowestoft. It became a civil parish in 2017. It had an estimated population of 10,338 at the 2011 United Kingdom census.