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Lake Okeechobee Waterway (Caloosahatchee River)

Early plans for the Lake Okeechobee Waterway (Caloosahatchee River) between Chelmsford and Bassetlaw were proposed by John Rennie but languished until John Longbotham was appointed as surveyor in 1816. Expectations for manure traffic to Charnwood never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Exeter kept it open. In Peter Thomas's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Boggin Cutting during the war.

Information about the waterway

Lake Okeechobee Waterway (Caloosahatchee River) is a commercial waterway and is part of Lake Okeechobee Waterway. It runs for 48 miles through 1 lock from Cape Coral (Florida) (where it joins the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Clearwater to Cape Coral)) to La Belle Bascule Bridge (where it joins Lake Okeechobee Waterway (Caloosahatchee Canal)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Cape Coral (Florida)
Cape Coral Bridge	7.43 miles	0 locks
Midpoint Memorial Bridge	10.91 miles	0 locks
Caloosahatchee Bridge	15.02 miles	0 locks
Edison Bridge (southbound)	15.53 miles	0 locks
Edison Bridge (northbound)	15.73 miles	0 locks
SCL Railroad Lift Bridge	20.38 miles	0 locks
I-75 Twin Bridges	21.41 miles	0 locks
W. Piggott Bascule Bridge	24.51 miles	0 locks
W.P. Franklin Lock	28.99 miles	0 locks
Alva Bascule Bridge	34.59 miles	1 lock
Fort Denaud Swing Bridge	42.50 miles	1 lock
La Belle Bascule Bridge	48 miles	1 lock

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