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River Schelde or Escaut (Tidal section)

The River Schelde or Escaut (Tidal section) was built by William Clarke and opened on January 1 1816. Expectations for stone traffic to Nuneaton never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The River Schelde or Escaut (Tidal section) was closed in 1905 when Brench Boat Lift collapsed. In his autobiography Arthur Yates writes of his experiences as a lengthsman in the 1960s

Information about the waterway

The River Schelde or Escaut (Tidal section) is a tidal river and is part of the River Schelde or Escaut. It runs for 162.63 kilometres from Schelde - Ghent Ringvaart Verbinding (where it joins the Ghent Ringvaart) to Vlissingen (where it joins the North Sea).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has junctions with the River Dender at Schelde - Dender Verbinding; with the Albertkanaal at Albert - Schelde Verbinding; with the Kanaal Brussel-Schelde and the River Rupel at Schelde - Brussel-Schelde and with the Kanaal Gent-Terneuzen at Schelde - Gent-Terneuzen Verbinding.

Schelde - Ghent Ringvaart Verbinding Junction of the River Schelde with the Ghent "Ringroad" Canal
Schelde - Dender Verbinding Junction of the River Schelde with the River Dender at Dendermonde	27.70 kilometres	0 locks
Schelde - Brussel-Schelde Junction of the River Schelde with the Kanaal Brussel-Schelde at Rupelmonde	58.41 kilometres	0 locks
Albert - Schelde Verbinding Junction of the River Schelde with the Albert Canal at Antwerp. Extensive docks	73.63 kilometres	0 locks
Schelde - Gent-Terneuzen Verbinding Junction of the River Schelde with the Gent-Terneuzen Canal	140.27 kilometres	0 locks
Vlissingen Mouth of the River Schelde where it joins the North Sea	162.63 kilometres	0 locks

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External websites

VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe: The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners

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[Scheldt] The Scheldt (/ʃɛlt/, French: Escaut [ɛsko], Walloon: Escô, Dutch: Schelde [ˈsxɛldə]) is a 350-kilometre-long (220 mi) river that flows through in northern [List of rivers of Belgium] Luxembourg) Attert (in Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg) Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde, French: Escaut) (near Flushing, Netherlands) Rupel (in Rupelmonde) Nete (in Rumst) [Escaut (department)] Belgium and Netherlands. It was named after the river Scheldt (Escô, Schelde), which is called the Escaut in French. It was created on 1 October 1795, when [Fortified Sector of the Escaut] The Fortified Sector of the Escaut (Secteur Fortifié de l'Escaut), also known as the Fortified Sector of the Schelde, was the French military organization [Waal (river)] times called Vacalis, Vahalis or Valis, later Vahal, is of Germanic origin and is named after the many meanders in the river (West Germanic languages: wôh [Battle of the Scheldt] and controlling access to the river. This made it impossible for Allied minesweepers to clear the heavily mined river. Adolf Hitler ordered the 15th [Meuse] French: [møz]; Walloon: Moûze [muːs]) or Maas (/mɑːs/ MAHSS, Dutch: [maːs]; Limburgish: Maos [mɒˑs] or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing [List of rivers discharging into the North Sea] (in Monthermé) Bar (near Dom-le-Mesnil) Chiers (in Bazeilles) Scheldt/Schelde/Escaut (near Flushing, Netherlands) – France, Belgium, Netherlands Rupel (in [Delta Works] American Society of Civil Engineers. The estuaries of the rivers Rhine, Meuse and Schelde have been subject to flooding over the centuries. After building [IJssel] Dutch Low Saxon: Iessel(t) [ˈiːsəl(t)]) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the Ĳsselmeer

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