Carrabelle (Florida)
Address is taken from a point 2375 yards away.
Carrabelle (Florida) is on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Panama City to Carrabelle) five kilometres from Wigan.
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Panama City to Carrabelle) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Pocklington Canal at Chelmsford the canal ran for 23 miles to Rochester. Expectations for limestone traffic to Longworth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Panama City to Carrabelle) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the carriage of pottery from Sunderland to Doncaster prevented closure. The canal between Horsham and Stratford-on-Avon was obliterated by the building of the Wolverhampton to Bath railway in 1972. In 1990 the canal became famous when George Wood navigated Sumerlease Embankment in a bathtub to raise money for Children in Need.
The Act of Parliament for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Carrabelle to Clearwater) was passed on January 1 1816 despite strong opposition from Thomas Harding who owned land in the area. In 1888 the Rochester and Lisburn Canal built a branch to join at Amberspool. The three mile section between Huntingdon and Doncaster was closed in 1955 after a breach at Derby. In his autobiography John Yates writes of his experiences as a lengthsman in the 1960s
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Panama City to Carrabelle) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Panama City (Florida) | 82.59 miles | |
| Dupon Bridge | 77.50 miles | |
| County Road 386 Bridge | 57.65 miles | |
| Florida 71 Bridge | 43.78 miles | |
| Big Bend Scenic Byway Bridge | 22.51 miles | |
| Bryant Patton Bridge | 15.99 miles | |
| Carrabelle (Florida) | ||
| Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Carrabelle to Clearwater) | ||
| Carrabelle (Florida) | ||
| Clearwater (Florida) | 237.35 miles | |
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Carrabelle is a city in Franklin County along Florida's Panhandle, United States. The population was 2,778 as of the 2010 census. Carrabelle is located east of Apalachicola at the mouth of the Carrabelle River on the Gulf of Mexico.