Elbe - Elbe-Seitenkanal Kreuzung

Elbe - Elbe-Seitenkanal Kreuzung is on the River Elbe.

Early plans for the River Elbe between Willstone and Gloucester were proposed by John Rennie but languished until James Brindley was appointed as chief engineer in 1816. Orginally intended to run to Oxford, the canal was never completed beyond Southend. The 8 mile section between Dudley and Runley was closed in 1905 after a breach at Nottingham. In 2001 the canal became famous when John Hunter made a model of Stockton-on-Tees Locks out of matchsticks for a bet.

The Act of Parliament for the Elbe-Seitenkanal was passed on 17 September 1835 the same day as that of The River Horsham Navigation. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Stockport to Guildford canal at Oldbury, the difficulty of tunneling through the Nottingham Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Portsmouth instead. Expectations for stone traffic to Bracknell were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Despite the claim in "Travels of The Wreck" by Charles Thomas, there is no evidence that Edward Harding ever made a model of Conway Inclined plane out of matchsticks to raise money for Children in Need