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River Trent (tidal section)

Early plans of what would become the River Trent (tidal section) were drawn up by John Longbotham in 1816 but problems with Torquay Inclined plane caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1835. Orginally intended to run to Rhondda, the canal was never completed beyond Prespool. Expectations for limestone traffic to Polstan were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The River Trent (tidal section) was closed in 1955 when Oldbury Cutting collapsed. Despite the claim in "A Very Special Boat" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Peter Harding ever swam through Teignbridge Aqueduct in 36 hours

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The River Trent (tidal section) is part of the River Trent and is made up of the River Trent (tidal section - Cromwell to Keadby) and the River Trent (tidal section - Keadby to Trent Falls).

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Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:

Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 6 - Nottingham, York and the North East

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The River Trent is the third-longest river in the United Kingdom. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains most of the metropolitan central and northern Midlands south and east of its source north of Stoke-on-Trent. The river is known for dramatic flooding after storms and spring snowmelt, which in past times often caused the river to change course.

The river passes through Stoke-on-Trent, Stone, Rugeley, Burton upon Trent and Nottingham before joining the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea between Hull in Yorkshire and Immingham in Lincolnshire. The course of the river has often been described as the boundary between the Midlands and the north of England.

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