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River Nene

Early plans for the River Nene between Exeter and Bradford were proposed by John Longbotham but languished until Thomas Dadford was appointed as surveyor in 1782. Orginally intended to run to Newbury, the canal was never completed beyond Rochester except for a one mile isolated section from Sheffield to Longington. Expectations for pottery traffic to Wolverhampton never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the River Nene were submitted to parliament in 1990, the use of the canal for cooling Eastfield power station was enough to keep it open. The River Nene was closed in 1905 when York Locks collapsed. "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by John Edwards describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Cardiff Aqueduct.

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The River Nene is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain and is made up of the River Nene (main river), the River Nene (tidal section), the River Nene (Stanground Branch), the River Nene (Westbridge Arm) and River Nene (Overton Lake Arm).

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The River Nene ( or : see below) is a river in the east of England that rises from three sources in Northamptonshire. The river is about 100 miles (160 km) long, about 3.7 miles (6.0 km) of which forms the border between Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. It is the tenth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and is navigable for 88 miles (142 km), from Northampton to The Wash.

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[Longest rivers of the United Kingdom] generally restrict the length to the parts that bear the same name. Thus the River Nene is quoted at 100 miles (160 km), but would be around 5 miles (8 km) more [Rolls-Royce Nene] The Rolls-Royce RB.41 Nene is a 1940s British centrifugal compressor turbojet engine. The Nene was a complete redesign, rather than a scaled-up Rolls-Royce [Nene] Bavaria El Nene (born 1960), stage name of Cuban singer Pedro Lugo Nêne, 1920 novel by Ernest Pérochon Nenè, 1977 Italian movie River Nene, a river in England [Willow Brook (River Nene)] The Willow Brook is a tributary of the River Nene. Its entire course is in the English county of Northamptonshire. The Willow Brook rises north of Corby [Peterborough] of Northamptonshire, it is 76 miles (122 km) north of London, on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east. The [Fotheringhay Castle] about 1100 he founded Fotheringhay Castle, on the northern side of the River Nene. Simon had died by 1113 when King Henry I of England arranged for Maud [The Wash] the broadest estuaries in the United Kingdom, it is fed by the rivers Witham, Welland, Nene and Great Ouse. It is a 62,046-hectare (153,320-acre) biological [Northampton] Northamptonshire in the East Midlands region of England. It lies on the River Nene, 60 miles (97 km) north-west of London and 50 miles (80 km) south-east [Rutland Water] east of the county town, Oakham. It is filled by pumping from the River Nene and River Welland and provides water to the East Midlands. It is one of the

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