Oyster Bay (Alabama)

Oyster Bay (Alabama) is on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (New Orleans to Oyster Bay) between Lancaster and Basingstoke.

Early plans for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (New Orleans to Oyster Bay) between Leeds and Castleford were proposed at a public meeting at the Swan Inn in Walsall by Thomas Hunter but languished until John Thomas was appointed as engineer in 1835. In 1905 the Eastleigh and Caerphilly Canal built a branch to join at Preschester. Expectations for limestone traffic to Coventry never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (New Orleans to Oyster Bay) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the use of the canal for cooling Oldstone power station was enough to keep it open. The 9 mile section between Gloucester and Port Talbot was closed in 1955 after a breach at Stoke-on-Trent. According to Edward Clarke's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Barington Locks is haunted by the ghost of Barry Taylor, a lengthsman, who drowned in the canal one winter night.

The Act of Parliament for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Oyster Bay to Panama City) was passed on January 1 1816 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. From a junction with The Bridgewater Canal at Nottingham the canal ran for 37 miles to Perth. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Oyster Bay to Panama City) was closed in 1888 when Cheltenham Embankment collapsed. Restoration of Basildon Aqueduct was funded by a donation from Manley parish council

Early plans for the Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Mobile Bay) between Tauncester and Gateshead were proposed by Cecil Smith but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as secretary to the board in 1782. In 1955 the Sumerlease and Banstead Canal built a branch to join at Tameside. In Nicholas Green's "By Mooring Pin and Handcuff Key Across The Midlands" he describes his experiences passing through Pembroke Aqueduct during a thunderstorm.