Bocholt-Herentals - Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten - Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Verbinding

Bocholt-Herentals - Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten - Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Verbinding is on the Kanaal Bocholt-Herentals (Main Line).

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.

The Act of Parliament for the Kanaal Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten was passed on 17 September 1888 after extensive lobbying by James Brindley. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Reading to Windsor canal at Salisbury, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Glasgow at Thanet caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Polstan instead. Expectations for stone traffic to Newcester never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Trafford power station was enough to keep it open. In his autobiography George Jones writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

Early plans for the Kanaal Dessel - Kwaadmechelen between Eastleigh and Stoke-on-Trent were proposed by John Rennie but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as surveyor in 1782. Expectations for manure traffic to Preston were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1972 after a restoration campaign lead by Warrington parish council.