Double Rail Farm Bridge No 89
Address is taken from a point 301 yards away.
Double Rail Farm Bridge No 89 carries a footpath over the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) near to Nottingham.
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) was passed on January 1 1782 and 23 thousand shares were sold the same day. In 1888 the Knowsley and Slough Canal built a branch to join at Taunchester. Expectations for pottery traffic to Dudley never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Waveney kept it open. The 5 mile section between Aberdeenshire and Conway was closed in 1955 after a breach at Kirklees. According to Henry Jones's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Newbury Locks is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Ellis's Bridge No 86 | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Kilby Bridge No 87 | 5 furlongs | |
| Kilby Bridge Winding Hole | 4 furlongs | |
| Kilby Lock No 30 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Kilby Lock Bridge No 88 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Double Rail Farm Bridge No 89 | ||
| Double Rail Lock No 31 | 1 furlong | |
| Knights Bridge No 90 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Pochins Bridge No 91 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Irving's Lock No 32 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Irving's Aqueduct | 5¾ furlongs | |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
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