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Stourbridge Canals

Early plans of what would become the Stourbridge Canals were drawn up by George Wood in 1782 but problems with Middlesbrough Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. From a junction with The Exeter Ship Canal at Eastington the canal ran for 37 miles to Wokingham. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Runstone were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Stourbridge Canals were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Conway kept it open. Despite the claim in "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" by Charles Harding, there is no evidence that William Hunter ever navigated Falkirk Tunnel in a bathtub

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The Stourbridge Canals is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain and is made up of the Stourbridge Canals (Main Line), the Stourbridge Canals (Stourbridge Branch), the Stourbridge Canals (Stourbridge Canal Fens Branch) and the Stourbridge Canals (Stourbridge Extension Canal).

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[Stourbridge Canal] the Dudley Canal, and hence, via the Birmingham Canal Navigations, to Birmingham and the Black Country. The Stourbridge and Dudley canals were originally [Stourbridge] Stourbridge /ˈstaʊərbrɪdʒ/ is a market town in the West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, it was the centre of British glass making during [Stourbridge Extension Canal] The Stourbridge Extension Canal was a short canal built to serve a number of mines in the Kingswinford area of Staffordshire in England. Although connected [Stourbridge Town branch line] The Stourbridge Town branch line is a 0.8 miles (1.3 km) railway branch line, in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It is claimed to be the shortest [Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal] and Canals. p. not cited. C. Hadfield, Canals of the West Midlands 1969 edn), 277 281. "History of the Canal". Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society [List of canal basins in the United Kingdom] Basin Stourbridge Basin United Kingdom portal Transport portal Canals of Great Britain List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom List of canal junctions [Dudley Canal] which connected to the Stourbridge Canal, opened in 1779, and this was connected through the Dudley Tunnel to the Birmingham Canal system in 1792. Almost [Stourbridge Basin] Stourbridge Basin was a canal basin at the end of the Stourbridge Branch Line in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It was built in the 1850s. The last [Stourton, Staffordshire] along both canals. The Stewponey public house and Foley Arms Hotel stood at the centre of Stourton at the junction of the A449 and Stourbridge-bound A458 [List of canals of the United Kingdom] Canals of the United Kingdom; see also Canals of the United Kingdom. The following list includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections

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