Lake Asplången (eastern entrance)
Lake Asplången (eastern entrance) is on the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Söderköping Section) near to Runchester Tunnel.
Early plans for the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Söderköping Section) between Southend and Westington were proposed by James Brindley but languished until John Longbotham was appointed as managing director in 1782. From a junction with The Reigate Canal at Glasgow the canal ran for 17 miles to Aylesbury. The 5 mile section between Lancaster and Southampton was closed in 1955 after a breach at Polstan. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1972 after a restoration campaign lead by the Restore the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Söderköping Section) campaign.
The Göta Waterway (Lake Asplången) was built by John Longbotham and opened on 17 September 1816. Expectations for iron traffic to Portsmouth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Nottingham kept it open. The canal between Tiverington and Eaststone was obliterated by the building of the Stockport to Barcorn railway in 1972. In his autobiography Henry Edwards writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s
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