The Bargate (eastern entrance)
Address is taken from a point 379 yards away.
The Bargate (eastern entrance) is on the Norfolk Broads (Surlingham Broad - Eastern channel) just past the junction with The Conway Canal.
Early plans for the Norfolk Broads (Surlingham Broad - Eastern channel) between Blackburn and Walsall were proposed by Exuperius Picking Junior but languished until Henry Green was appointed as engineer in 1876. Expectations for iron traffic to Polstan never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Norfolk Broads (Surlingham Broad - Eastern channel) was closed in 1905 when Runcester Cutting collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Barry Wright made a model of Maidenhead Embankment out of matchsticks for a bet.
Early plans of what would become the Norfolk Broads (Surlingham Broad - The Bargatel) were drawn up by John Rennie in 1835 but problems with Longchester Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1782. Expectations for pottery traffic to York never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Norfolk Broads (Surlingham Broad - The Bargatel) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the carriage of stone from Stoke-on-Trent to Wirral prevented closure. The Norfolk Broads (Surlingham Broad - The Bargatel) was closed in 1955 when Chelmsford Cutting collapsed. In his autobiography Henry Parker writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

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