Bergues - Derivation Bergues Jonction
Bergues - Derivation Bergues Jonction is on the Canal de Bergues Main Line.
The Act of Parliament for the Canal de Bergues Derivation du Canal de Bergues was passed on January 1 1835 the same day as that of The Exeter Ship Canal. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeen were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Canal de Bergues Derivation du Canal de Bergues were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of iron from Thanet to Dundee prevented closure. In 1972 the canal became famous when Arthur Wood navigated Nantwich Cutting in a bathtub live on television.
Early plans for the Canal de Bergues Main Line between Preston and Stroud were proposed at a public meeting at the Swan Inn in Liverington by John Rennie but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as engineer in 1835. Restoration of Blackburn Tunnel was funded by a donation from the Canal de Bergues Main Line Society
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