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River Isle and Westport Canal

The River Isle and Westport Canal was built by James Brindley and opened on 17 September 1876. Expectations for pottery traffic to Sevenoaks never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Thurrock power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Leeds and Waveney was destroyed by the building of the Eastcester bypass in 1990. In Barry Yates's "A Very Special Boat" he describes his experiences passing through Stroud Embankment during the war.

Information about the waterway

The River Isle and Westport Canal is a small river and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain. It runs for 3 miles and 2 furlongs through 2 locks from Westport Wharves and Canal Basin (which is a dead end) to Parrett - Isle Junction (where it joins the River Parrett).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 54 feet long and 14 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "closed"

Westport Wharves and Canal Basin End of navigation
Barrington Broadway Bridge	½ furlongs	0 locks
Knighton Drove Bridge	2 furlongs	0 locks
Barn Owl Field Bridge	3¼ furlongs	0 locks
Westport Canal Footbridge	5½ furlongs	0 locks
Westport Field Bridge	7½ furlongs	0 locks
Westmoor Bridge (lowered)	1 mile and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Westmoor Flood Gate	1 mile and 7¾ furlongs	0 locks
Westport Canal - River Isle Junction Junction of the River Isle with the Westport Canal	2 miles and 1½ furlongs	1 lock
Midelney Road Bridge	2 miles and 4½ furlongs	1 lock
Midelney Lock (disused)	3 miles and 1¼ furlongs	1 lock
Parrett - Isle Junction Junction of River Isle and Westport Canal with River Parrett	3 miles and 2 furlongs	2 locks

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[Westport Canal] The Westport Canal was built in the late 1830s to link Westport and Langport in Somerset, England. It was part of a larger scheme involving improvements [River Isle] Parrett, to maintain water levels, when the Westport Canal was built in the 1830s. The canal joins the river approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) before the confluence [Hambridge and Westport] South Somerset district. Westport lies on the disused Westport Canal and Hambridge lies close to its junction with the River Isle. Hambridge is most notable [Ivelchester and Langport Navigation] construction of a canal to Westport, and the rebuilding of the Great Bow Bridge, to allow larger boats to travel beyond Langport. Normal canal tolls were charged [Rideau Canal] appearance of the Rideau River's twin waterfalls where they join the Ottawa River. The canal system uses sections of two rivers, the Rideau and the Cataraqui, as [List of canals of the United Kingdom] Canals of the United Kingdom; see also Canals of the United Kingdom. The following list includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections [Drayton, Somerset] Somerset district. It adjoins the River Isle, near its confluence with the Parrett, and the former Westport Canal. The parish includes the hamlet of [River Parrett] tributaries include the Rivers Tone, Isle, and Yeo, and the River Cary via the King's Sedgemoor Drain. The 37-mile (60 km) long river is tidal for 19 miles [Swing bridge] its closed position, a swing bridge carrying a road or railway over a river or canal, for example, allows traffic to cross. When a water vessel needs to [New York City] The 1825 completion of the Erie Canal through central New York connected the Atlantic port to the agricultural markets and commodities of the North American

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