Murray Canal (eastern entrance)
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Murray Canal (eastern entrance) is on the Murray Canal - (Main Line) near to Bracknell.
Early plans for the Murray Canal - (Main Line) between Taunton and Bury were proposed by Benjamin Outram but languished until William Harding was appointed as managing director in 1888. In Oliver Wright's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Eastleigh Boat Lift during the war.
Early plans of what would become the Bay of Quinte were drawn up by John Longbotham in 1782 but problems with Stockton-on-Tees Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1835. From a junction with The River Derwent at Waveney the canal ran for 23 miles to Barworth. Expectations for iron traffic to Lisburn were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The four mile section between Longbury and Wessstone was closed in 1905 after a breach at Charnwood. In 1990 the canal became famous when William Yates swam through Middlesbrough Inclined plane in 17 minutes.
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Wikipedia has a page about Murray Canal
The Murray Canal is a canal in the municipalities of Quinte West and Brighton, Ontario, Canada, and runs from the western end of the Bay of Quinte to Presqu'ile Bay on Lake Ontario. It is approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) in length and has maximum depth of 9 feet (2.7 m). The canal shortens the trip for boats wishing to access Lake Ontario from the central and western Bay of Quinte by avoiding having to go around the whole peninsula of Prince Edward County.
The canal was proposed as early as 1796 and land was set aside by the government of Upper Canada. However, the Welland Canal and the Rideau Canal were seen as more important and construction was delayed. Construction was begun in 1882 and because of problems with unstable banks it took until 1889 to complete the canal.
The canal is crossed by two swing bridges (Ontario Highway 33 and County Rd 64). An unused railway bridge is kept permanently open but the former CN Rail tracks have since been removed with the creation of the Millennium Trail. A swing bridge at Hutchison Road has been removed with only the bridge footings remaining.
The canal saw many years of use with coal and other commercial boats but with the advent in the 1950s of the Saint Lawrence Seaway the traffic declined. Since then there has been a steady rise in recreational use and today the Murray Canal is used by boaters who visit the Trent-Severn Waterway.