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51Thames and Medway Canal — The Thames and Medway Canal is a disused canal in Kent, south east England, also known as the Gravesend and Rochester Canal. It was originally some 11 km (7 miles) long and cut across the neck of the Hoo peninsula, linking the River Thames at… …
52Erie Canal — a canal in New York between Albany and Buffalo, connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie: completed in 1825. See illus. in next column. Cf. New York State Barge Canal (def. 2). * * * Historic waterway, northern U.S. It stretches from Buffalo, N …
53Derby Canal — The Shacklecross Lock (Borrowash Bottom Lock) undergoing restoration in 2006 Original owner Derby Canal Co Principal engineer …
54Great Recycling and Northern Development Canal — The Great Recycling and Northern Development (GRAND) Canal of North America or GCNA is a water management proposal designed by Newfoundland engineer Thomas Kierans to alleviate North American freshwater shortage problems (see Water politics). The …
55City Canal — An 1802 painting of the completed West India Docks. The City Canal is to the left of the painting. The view is looking west towards the City of London Date of act 1799 …
56Bradford Canal — The Bradford Canal ran three and half miles through 10 locks from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Shipley into the centre of Bradford. It was granted an Act of Parliament in 1771 and opened in 1774, a year later than planned. The canal cost… …
57Newry Canal — Victoria Lock at the entrance to Newry ship canal in Carlingford Lough The Newry Canal, located in Northern Ireland, was built to link the Tyrone coalfields (via Lough Neagh and the River Bann) to the Irish Sea at Carlingford Lough near Newry …
58Shoalhaven Scheme — The Shoalhaven Scheme is a dual purpose water supply and hydro electric power generation scheme in New South Wales. It was built as a joint project between the Electricity Commission of NSW and the NSW Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage… …
59Petworth Canal — The Petworth Canal was one of Britain s shorter lasting canals, opened in 1795 and dismantled in 1826. On completion of the Rother Navigation the Earl of Egremont used his estate workforce to build the 1¼ mile long canal from just upstream of the …
60Trent and Mersey Canal — Infobox Canal name = Trent and Mersey Canal caption = The Trent and Mersey Canal near Branston Water Park o name = company = engineer = a engineer = James Brindley date act = 1766 date const = date use = 1777 date comp = date ext = date closed =… …
