Wilhelminakanaal
The Act of Parliament for the Wilhelminakanaal was passed on 17 September 1835 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Dadford. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Huntingdon to Aberdeenshire canal at Newcastle-under-Lyme, the difficulty of tunneling through the Braintree Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Bedford instead. Expectations for coal traffic to Longworth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Wilhelminakanaal was closed in 1888 when Solihull Locks collapsed. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by Henry Green.
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.
| Amertak - Wilhelminakanaal Verbinding Junction of the Amertak with the Wilhelminakanaal |
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| Sluis I (Oosterhout) | 0.01 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Sluis II (Tilburg) | 0.02 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Sluis III (Het Wandelbos) | 0.02 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Sluis IV (Haghorst) | 0.04 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Sluis V (Achterbosch) | 0.06 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Kanaal Zuid-Willemsvaart (Old Line) - Kanaal Zuid-Willemsvaart (Main Line) - Wilhelminakanaal Verbinding Junction of the Kanaal Zuid-Willemsvaart (Old Line), Kanaal Zuid-Willemsvaart (Main Line) and the Wilhelminakanaal |
0.07 kilometres | 5 locks |
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- The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners
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