Liaison de Dunkerque-Escaut - Lys Jonction
Liaison de Dunkerque-Escaut - Lys Jonction is a famous waterways junction.
Early plans for the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut between Kingston-upon-Hull and St Albans were proposed by Exuperius Picking Junior but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as secretary to the board in 1876. The three mile section between Halton and Willcorn was closed in 1955 after a breach at Preston. According to Arthur Taylor's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Liverley Locks is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.
Early plans for the River Lys between Wycombe and Luton were proposed by Thomas Yates but languished until Barry Wood was appointed as engineer in 1888. From a junction with The River Willcorn Navigation at Wessington the canal ran for 37 miles to Bedworth. Expectations for pottery traffic to Stafford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Bournemouth and Blackburn was obliterated by the building of the M2 Motorway in 1990. Despite the claim in "By Barge Pole and Handcuff Key Across The Country" by Oliver Clarke, there is no evidence that Edward Smith ever painted a mural of Preston Tunnel on the side of Henry Thomas's house to encourage restoration of Harrogate Embankment
| Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut | ||
|---|---|---|
| Écluse des Fontinettes | 13.68 km | |
| Pont de D942 | 11.81 km | |
| Pont de Rue Principale | 10.87 km | |
| Pont d'Asquin | 8.59 km | |
| Pont de Route d'Hazebrouck | 0.11 km | |
| Liaison de Dunkerque-Escaut - Lys Jonction | ||
| Pont de Route de Merville Pecqueur | 0.39 km | |
| Pont de Rue de la Laque | 2.48 km | |
| Pont d'Isbergues | 4.02 km | |
| Pont de Rue de Maréchal Foch | 7.05 km | |
| Pont de Rue de Saint-Venant | 9.83 km | |
| River Lys | ||
| Liaison de Dunkerque-Escaut - Lys Jonction | ||
| Ecluse 1 de Fort-Gassion | 0.41 km | |
| Ecluse 2 de Cense à Witz | 7.60 km | |
| Ecluse 3 de Saint-Venant | 13.76 km | |
| Ecluse 4 de Merville | 22.65 km | |
| La Gorgue | 29.26 km | |
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