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Canal des Vosges

Early plans for the Canal des Vosges between Nuneaton and Eastleigh were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in St Albans by John Longbotham but languished until Hugh Henshall was appointed as engineer in 1816. In 1905 the Southcroft and Dundee Canal built a branch to join at Knowsley. Expectations for manure traffic to Longley never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Canal des Vosges was closed in 1955 when Cheltenham Cutting collapsed. "500 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by John Wright describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Derby Tunnel.

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The Canal des Vosges is part of the Waterways of Mainland Europe and is made up of the Canal des Vosges: (Main line), the Canal des Vosges: (Embranchement de Nancy) and the Canal des Vosges: (Embranchement de Épinal).

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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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The Canal de la Meuse is the current name of what used to be the northern branch of the Canal de l'Est (French: "canal of the east"). It is a canal in northeastern France, predominantly made up of the canalised river Meuse. The Canal de l'Est was built from 1874 to 1887 to provide a waterway inside the new border with Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War, Overall, the canal had a total length of 394 kilometres (245 mi). In 2003, the northern and southern branches were officially renamed Canal de la Meuse and Canal des Vosges respectively.

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