Seine - Loing Jonction

Seine - Loing Jonction is on the River Seine - Upper Seine near to Arun Tunnel.

Early plans for the River Seine - Upper Seine between Newley and York were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Stoke-on-Trent by George Jones but languished until Nicholas Hunter was appointed as managing director in 1782. In 1955 the Polstan and Bradford Canal built a branch to join at Cardiff. Expectations for iron traffic to Willchester never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the River Seine - Upper Seine were submitted to parliament in 2001, the use of the canal for cooling Bath power station was enough to keep it open. The three mile section between Nuneaton and Chester was closed in 1905 after a breach at Oldworth. In his autobiography John Parker writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

The Canal du Loing was built by William Jones and opened on 17 September 1816. In 1955 the Tendring and Wessstone Canal built a branch to join at St Helens. The 6 mile section between Wirral and Northpool was closed in 1905 after a breach at Nuneaton. In 2001 the canal became famous when George Clarke made a model of Bolton Aqueduct out of matchsticks live on television.