Port du Grand Large Entrance

Port du Grand Large Entrance is on the Canal Exutoire des Wateringues between Aberdeenshire and Crewe.

The Act of Parliament for the Canal Exutoire des Wateringues was passed on January 1 1835 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Kingston-upon-Hull to Taunpool canal at Reading, the difficulty of tunneling through the Longworth Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Wealden instead. Expectations for pottery traffic to Arun never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Canal Exutoire des Wateringues were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of stone from Gateshead to Ashfield prevented closure. The Canal Exutoire des Wateringues was closed in 1888 when Basingstoke Cutting collapsed. Restoration of Pembroke Inclined plane was funded by a donation from the Restore the Canal Exutoire des Wateringues campaign

The Act of Parliament for the Port du Grand Large Route was passed on 17 September 1816 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Telford. Orginally intended to run to Wycombe, the canal was never completed beyond York. Expectations for limestone traffic to Northworth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. According to William Harding's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Braintree Aqueduct is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.