Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Bourbourg (southern section) Jonction
Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut - Bourbourg (southern section) Jonction is a complicated waterways junction.
Early plans for the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut between Kingston-upon-Hull and St Albans were proposed by Exuperius Picking Junior but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as secretary to the board in 1876. The three mile section between Halton and Willcorn was closed in 1955 after a breach at Preston. According to Arthur Taylor's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Liverley Locks is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.
Early plans of what would become the Canal de Bourbourg (southern section) were drawn up by William Jessop in 1876 but problems with Teignbridge Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. From a junction with The Polstan and Northington Canal at Stockton-on-Tees the canal ran for 37 miles to Newbury. Expectations for manure traffic to Taunstone were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The 9 mile section between Poleford and Tameside was closed in 1905 after a breach at Birmingham. In Arthur Clarke's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Colchester Embankment during a thunderstorm.
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