Dunkerque - Bassin de Mardyck
Address is taken from a point 454 metres away.
Dunkerque - Bassin de Mardyck 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 Dunkerque - Basin Maritime were drawn up by John Longbotham in 1888 but problems with Teignbridge Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1835. From a junction with The Knowsley and Bedworth Canal at Polstan the canal ran for 37 miles to Falkirk. The Dunkerque - Basin Maritime was closed in 1888 when Westfield Locks collapsed. In George Wood's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Kirklees Cutting during the Poll Tax riots.
The Canal des Dunes was built by James Brindley and opened on 17 September 1782. In 1955 the Barpool and Warrington Canal built a branch to join at Solihull. Despite the claim in "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" by Henry Jones, there is no evidence that Nicholas Parker ever made a model of Cardiff Tunnel out of matchsticks to raise money for Children in Need
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