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    completed in 1567. The Sankey Canal was the first British canal of the Industrial Revolution, opening in 1757. The Bridgewater Canal followed in 1761 and proved...
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    The canals of the United Kingdom are a major part of the network of inland waterways in the United Kingdom. They have a varied history, from use for irrigation...
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    Narrowboat (redirect from Narrow canal)
    type of canal boat, built to fit the narrow locks of the United Kingdom. The UK's canal system provided a nationwide transport network during the Industrial...
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    The history of Egypt under the British lasted from 1882, when it was occupied by British forces during the Anglo-Egyptian War, until 1956 after the Suez...
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    routes for holidaymakers. Its importance in the history of the British canal system was recognised in 2009, when the 11-mile (18 km) stretch from Gledrid Bridge...
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    Manchester portal Cheshire portal Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system Waterways in the United Kingdom £7 million was paid...
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    portal Transport portal Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system Burrows 1981, p. 4 "Busting of the Crinan Canal". Glasgow Herald. Scotland...
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    United Kingdom History of the British canal system An Act to enable the most noble Francis Duke of Bridgewater, to make a navigable cut or canal from a certain...
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    Crick Boat Show (category Canals in England)
    Rhiannon United Kingdom portal Transport portal Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system Langley, Mark; Smedley, Rupert (August 2012)...
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    of a fibrous material to act as a mechanical binder. United Kingdom portal Transport portal Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal...
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    Neptune's Staircase (category Use British English from December 2017)
    eight locks on the Caledonian Canal. Built by Thomas Telford between 1803 and 1822, it is the longest staircase lock in Britain. The system was originally...
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  • portal History of the British canal system Canals of the United Kingdom Balloonomania Railway Mania Bike boom Dot-com bubble Timeline of transportation technology...
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    Transport portal Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system "History of the Sankey Canal". Pennine Waterways. Archived from the original...
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  • navigation authority for the majority of canals and a number of rivers and docks in England, Scotland and Wales. On 2 July 2012, all of British Waterways' assets...
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    The Ganges Canal or Ganga Canal is a canal system that irrigates the Doab region between the Ganges River and the Yamuna River in India. The canal is primarily...
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    The idea of the Panama Canal dates back to 1513, when Vasco Núñez de Balboa first crossed the Isthmus of Panama. This narrow land bridge between North...
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  • The canal at the entrance to Gloucester docks United Kingdom portal Transport portal Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system...
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    Transport portal Canals of the United Kingdom Falkirk Helix Falkirk Wheel Forth to Firth Canal Pathway History of the British canal system John Muir Way St Kentigern's...
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    The Rochdale Canal is in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain. Its name...
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    period of British Parliament rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947, for around 89 years of British occupation. The system of governance...
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    portal Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system British anti-invasion preparations of 1803–1805 "The Royal Military Canal". Appledore...
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  • 1964, the date on which it was dissolved. United Kingdom portal Transport portal Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system Independent...
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    portal Canals of Great Britain Eagle Ironworks, Oxford History of the British canal system Notes "Canal Guide (South Oxford Canal)". UK: Canal Guide....
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    external water source above the highest elevation. The best-known example of such a canal is the Panama Canal. Many canals have been built at elevations...
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    portal Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system Hadfield, Charles (1969). "Chap IV. The Thames & Medway Canal". The Canals of South...
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    overview of the area and its transport history. United Kingdom portal Transport portal Canals of Great Britain History of the British canal system Ellis...
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    The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the...
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    to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean stetch back to the early colonial era. Construction of such a shipping...
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    fertiliser. The Bude Canal system was one of the most unusual in Britain. It was remarkable in using inclined planes to haul tub boats on wheels to the upper...
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    Transport portal Canals of Great Britain History of the British canal system Trent and Mersey Canal Priestley, John (1831). Historical Account of the Navigable...
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