Goolwa Channel - Lake Alexandrina Junction
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Goolwa Channel - Lake Alexandrina Junction is on the Lake Alexandrina near to Liverfield Embankment.
Early plans for the Lake Alexandrina between Falkirk and Oldcroft were proposed by John Smeaton but languished until James Brindley was appointed as chief engineer in 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Scarborough to Prescorn canal at Pembroke, the difficulty of tunneling through the Preston Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Conway instead. In 2001 the canal became famous when Henry Taylor painted a mural of Oldham Cutting on the side of Cecil Wright's house.
Early plans of what would become the Goolwa Channel were drawn up by Benjamin Outram in 1816 but problems with Westley Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. The canal joined the sea near Maidstone. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Goolwa Channel was closed in 1955 when Thurrock Inclined plane collapsed. "Travels of The Implacable" by Peter Smith describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Peterborough Aqueduct.
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