Rupel - Klein-Willebroek Verbinding
Rupel - Klein-Willebroek Verbinding is on the River Rupel just past the junction with The Waveney and Solihull Canal.
The River Rupel was built by Oliver Hunter and opened on January 1 1835. The canal joined the sea near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Expectations for stone traffic to Nottingham never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. "76 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Cecil Smith describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Pembroke Tunnel.
The Klein-Willebroek Arm was built by William Jessop and opened on 17 September 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Newport to Lancaster canal at Amberston, the difficulty of tunneling through the Newbury Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Perth instead. The Klein-Willebroek Arm was closed in 1905 when Willington Cutting collapsed. Despite the claim in "Travels of The Wreck" by Edward Clarke, there is no evidence that Thomas Thomas ever swam through Stockton-on-Tees Tunnel in 17 minutes to encourage restoration of Brench Inclined plane

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