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Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - L'Hyères Navigable)

The Act of Parliament for the Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - L'Hyères Navigable) was passed on 17 September 1782 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. Expectations for coal traffic to Bedworth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - L'Hyères Navigable) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the carriage of manure from Oxford to Macclesfield prevented closure. Despite the claim in "A Very Special Boat" by Barry Clarke, there is no evidence that John Edwards ever painted a mural of Runpool Locks on the side of Thomas Jones's house live on television

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The Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - L'Hyères Navigable) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. It runs for 52.31 kilometres through 6 locks from Nantes a Brest - Aulne Jonction (where it joins the Canal de Nantes Brest (Ouest - Aulne Navigable)) to Nantes a Brest - L'Hyères Jonction (where it joins the Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Finistere Navigable)).

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.

Nantes a Brest - Aulne Jonction Junction of the Canal de Nantes à Brest and the River Aulne
Pont Triffen	0.34 kilometres	0 locks
Ecluse 209 Pont Triffin	1.53 kilometres	0 locks
Ecluse 208 Lesnevez	8.94 kilometres	1 lock
Ecluse 207 Ster	20.81 kilometres	2 locks
Ecluse 206 Stervallen	32.31 kilometres	3 locks
Ecluse 205 Kergoff	43.18 kilometres	4 locks
Ecluse 204 Koz Kastell	50.94 kilometres	5 locks
Nantes a Brest - L'Hyères Jonction Junction of the Canal de Nantes à Brest and the River Hyères	52.31 kilometres	6 locks

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External websites

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

Wikipedia

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The Nantes–Brest canal (Canal de Nantes à Brest) is a French canal which links the two seaports of Nantes and Brest through inland Brittany. It was built in the early 19th century, and its total length as built was 385 km with 238 locks.

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[Nantes–Brest canal] The Nantes–Brest canal (Canal de Nantes à Brest) is a French canal which links the two seaports of Nantes and Brest through inland Brittany. It was built [Pontivy] is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest [Aulne] bays just south of Brest. The river is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest, the navigation canal that once connected the city of Nantes on the Loire with [Oust] has been made navigable for small ships, and forms part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. The rivers Aff, Arz and Ninian are among its tributaries. Sandre [Blavet] of the links in the Brittany canal system. It connects with the Canal de Nantes à Brest at Pontivy and runs to Hennebont, a distance of 60 km. From the [La Pitié] Canal de Nantes à Brest between locks 146 and 147. Chapelle N-D de Pitié (Mellionnec) Mellionnec - La Pitié Le canal de Nantes à Brest à Mellionnec Ecluse [Vilaine] the Canal d'Ille et Rance hence the Rance estuary, which enters the English Channel at Saint-Malo. In Redon it crosses the Canal de Nantes à Brest, giving [Château de Blain] Châteaubriant, Ancenis and Clisson. The castle stands on the side of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. It has 12 towers and covers an area of 4 hectares. The first castle [Nantes] century with fill from construction of the Nantes-Brest canal. Nantes is built on the Armorican Massif, a range of weathered mountains which may be considered [Châteauneuf-du-Faou] Monts d'Arrée and Montagne Noire. The town is built on a hill overlooking the Canal de Nantes à Brest, which is the canalized river Aulne. The bridge over

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