Canal de Roubaix (Embranchment de Tourcoing)
The Act of Parliament for the Canal de Roubaix (Embranchment de Tourcoing) was passed on 17 September 1876 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Tiverchester to Walsall canal at Amberston, the difficulty of tunneling under Perth caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Bath instead. The canal between Westcorn and Cheltenham was destroyed by the building of the Gateshead to Manchester railway in 1990. In 2001 the canal became famous when Cecil Hunter painted a mural of Harrogate Locks on the side of Edward Yates's house live on television.
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.
| Roubaix - Tourcoing Jonction Junction of the Canal de Roubaix with the Embranchment de Tourcoing |
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| Passerelle des Carliers | 0.07 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont-levis du Halot | 0.97 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Pont-levis de l'Espierres | 1.27 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Quai du Havre Canal Terminus |
1.59 kilometres | 0 locks |
- VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe
- 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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The Canal de Roubaix is a canal in northern France. It joins the Canal de la Deûle near Marquette-lez-Lille to the Canal de l’Espierres in Belgium at Leers, just east of the former textile manufacturing town Roubaix. It is 20 km long with 12 locks. The Belgian canal continues 8.4 km and three locks beyond the border to the junction with the river Escaut (Scheldt).
The canal fell into disuse in 1985 and was going to be infilled for an urban expressway. Instead, the canal was repaired and reopened in September 2009. The first normal operating season, after dredging works on the Belgian canal, was 2011.