Dessel
Wouwerstraat, 2480 Dessel, Belgium
Dessel has a charter dating back to 1816. It is well known for the church of St Arthur Wright.
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
Dessel
is a town
on the Kanaal Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten between
Arendonk (11.12 kilometres
to the northwest) and
Bocholt-Herentals - Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten - Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Verbinding (Junction of Kanaal Bocholt-Herentals, Kanaal Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten (Canal d'Antwerpen à Turnhout) and Kanaal Dessel-Kwaadmechelen at Dessel) (1.62 kilometres
to the south).
Mooring here is unrated.
| Sluis 2 Schoten | 50.95 km | |
| Sluis 1 Rijkevorsel | 36.67 km | |
| Turnhout | 25.56 km | |
| Ravels | 19.69 km | |
| Arendonk | 11.12 km | |
| Dessel | ||
| Bocholt-Herentals - Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten - Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Verbinding | 1.62 km | |
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Bocholt-Herentals - Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten - Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Verbinding
Sluis 4 Dessel — 1.77 km away
Travel to Bocholt-Herentals - Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten - Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Verbinding, then on the Kanaal Bocholt-Herentals (Main Line) to Sluis 4 DesselNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
place to turn
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Wikipedia has a page about Dessel
Dessel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛsəl]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. On January 1, 2013, Dessel had a total population of 9.300 inhabitants. The total area is 27.03 km² which gives a population density of 325 inhabitants per km².
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