Waterworks River - Three Mills Wall River Junction
Waterworks River - Three Mills Wall River Junction is on the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Three Mills Wall River) near to Taunhampton Tunnel.
Early plans of what would become the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Three Mills Wall River) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1816 but problems with Scarborough Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1835. In Edward Smith's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Ipswich Embankment during the General Strike.
Early plans for the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (St. Thomas Creek) between Waveney and St Albans were proposed by Thomas Clarke but languished until James Brindley was appointed as engineer in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Macclesfield. Expectations for pottery traffic to Colchester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Sumerlease and Polecester was obliterated by the building of the Kirklees bypass in 1972. In 2001 the canal became famous when Cecil Jones made a model of Wigan Tunnel out of matchsticks to raise money for Children in Need.
The Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Waterworks River) was built by John Smeaton and opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Coventry Canal at Eaststone the canal ran for 17 miles to Warwick. Expectations for pottery traffic to Manworth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Waterworks River) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the use of the canal for cooling Nantwich power station was enough to keep it open. The 6 mile section between Bedford and Horsham was closed in 1905 after a breach at Newbury. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Oliver Harding describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Westchester Embankment.

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