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Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Back Creek)

Early plans for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Back Creek) between Solihull and Coventry were proposed at a public meeting at the Swan Inn in Poole by William Jessop but languished until John Rennie was appointed as engineer in 1888. In 1905 the Sevenoaks and Kings Lynn Canal built a branch to join at Ipswich. In 1972 the canal became famous when John Thomas made a model of Wigan Embankment out of matchsticks.

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The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Back Creek) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It runs for 203.86 miles from Norfolk, Virginia (where it joins the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Wilmington to Norfolk)) to Randall Point (where it joins the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Chesapeake - Delaware 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.

It has a junction with the Potomac River at Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Potomac River Junction.

Norfolk, Virginia
Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel	3.51 miles	0 locks
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Potomac River Junction Junction of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway with the Potomac River	76.95 miles	0 locks
Chesapeake Bay Bridge	154.09 miles	0 locks
Randall Point	203.86 miles	0 locks

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The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Boston, Massachusetts, southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas. Some sections of the waterway consist of natural inlets, saltwater rivers, bays, and sounds, while others are artificial canals. It provides a navigable route along its length without many of the hazards of travel on the open sea.

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