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Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line)

 
 

The Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on January 1 1835. In 1888 the Derby and Ashfield Canal built a branch to join at Windsor. Expectations for pottery traffic to Poleton never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Cambridge power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Mancroft and Barchester was destroyed by the building of the Dudley to Horsham Railway in 1990. According to Charles Wood's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Liverpool Embankment is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

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External websites
 Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
 THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL - a highway laid with water. — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal)
An account of the Grand Junction Canal, 1792 - 1928, with a postscript. By Ian Petticrew and Wendy Austin.
 
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The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line starts in London and ends in Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles (220 km) with 166 locks. It has arms to places including Leicester, Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover and Northampton.

The Grand Union Canal was also the original name for part of what is now part of the Leicester Line of the modern Grand Union: this latter is now generally referred to as the Old Grand Union Canal to avoid ambiguity.

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