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828:. c. xcviii) was granted in June 1814. The route was surveyed by Benjamin Beven, who was working for the Grand Junction Canal, and work began in early 1815. The canal took two years to build and opened in early 1817. It was 1.25 miles (2.0 km) long, and the level fell by 50.75 feet (15.47 m) through seven locks as it ran from
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Newport Pagnell was made in that year. James Barnes, who had made the first survey for the Grand Junction, also carried out a survey for the Newport Pagnell branch, but the committee for the main canal declined to build it once they had
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Newport Pagnell, which proposed the building of a canal, using the original powers of the Grand Junction Canal, or the construction of a railway along a similar route, which would have required an act of Parliament. The Grand Junction Canal again refused to construct the branch, and the idea of a
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since amalgamation in 1929, is marked by a large winding hole close to
Linford Wharf Bridge. A pub at the entrance to the canal was popular among boatmen until it closed in the 1960s. A section of the Newport Pagnell basin wall was discovered during the redevelopment of the railway station site.
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for sale in
Newport Pagnelll and the surrounding region. This accounted for some 7,500 tons per year, and another 2,500 tons were made up of lime, manure, bricks and other cargos. Tolls were very high, and were still being maintained at 9 pence (4p) for the length of the canal when tolls on the
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Junction Canal just to the east of Linford Wharf Bridge, and ran along a relatively straight course eastwards to Newport Pagnell. The locks appear to have been the main engineering features, as there were no significant roads which crossed the course. Although the 1881
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Junction were less than 1 penny (0.4p) per mile. This allowed dividends to be paid throughout the life of the canal, which averaged 2.7 per cent, but reached 6 per cent in 1845, the year in which the canal carried its greatest volume of 14,887 tons.
922:, which was built while the railway was still open, while Brickhill Street was not built until after the railway had closed. The two lock pounds immediately below Great Linford Wharf were depicted on Ordnance Survey maps until 1968, but disappeared after that.
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909:, was obtained; the canal closed in August 1864, and it was partially built upon by the railway. At Newport Pagnell, the railway re-used several of the warehouses and most of Shipley Wharf.
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804:Text of statute as originally enacted
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1113:from the original on 6 December 2020
677:. Construction was authorised by an
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57:72 ft 0 in (21.95 m)
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964:. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson.
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68:7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
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1107:"Newport Pagnell Canal"
999:. David & Charles.
899:Newport Pagnell Railway
1309:Beat Bank Branch Canal
979:Gourlay, Jill (1996).
865:by building a link to
564:Great Linford Station
1760:Canals opened in 1817
1514:Rochdale Branch Canal
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1369:Donnington Wood Canal
1359:Dearne and Dove Canal
941:Chaplin, Tom (1989).
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627:Linford Wharf Bridge
184:Newport Pagnell Canal
21:Newport Pagnall Canal
1697:Glamorganshire Canal
1656:Forth and Cart Canal
1504:River Sow Navigation
1414:Heywood Branch Canal
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1559:Somerset Coal Canal
280:Lock 7 and station
1731:52.0789°N 0.7451°W
1394:Grand Surrey Canal
1379:Douglas Navigation
1096:, pp. 228–229
1021:. Harper Collins.
661:that ran from the
1755:Canals in England
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1399:Greasbrough Canal
1389:Glastonbury Canal
1349:Coombe Hill Canal
1028:978-0-00-721109-8
1006:978-0-7153-4871-0
993:Hadfield, Charles
987:on 21 April 2012.
971:978-1-84623-010-3
945:. Whittet Books.
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1449:Leven Canal
1364:Derby Canal
1339:Chard Canal
1117:23 November
920:M1 motorway
850:Ashby Canal
785:Repealed by
759:. c. xcviii
378:M1 motorway
226:Goods yard
143:Connects to
123:Start point
110:Date closed
94:Date of act
53:boat length
1749:Categories
1719:52°04′44″N
1509:River Tone
1344:City Canal
1038:References
875:Sharnbrook
742:Long title
1722:0°44′42″W
1499:River Nar
1284:Aike Beck
1015:Nicholson
883:Kimbolton
871:Tyringham
857:Expansion
826:54 Geo. 3
757:54 Geo. 3
133:End point
118:Geography
64:boat beam
1639:Scotland
1222:See also
1111:Archived
1017:(2006).
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879:St Neots
813:Swan Inn
752:Citation
62:Maximum
51:Maximum
1272:England
889:Decline
867:Bedford
848:on the
840:on the
838:Shipley
685:History
537:Lock 1
510:Lock 2
439:Lock 3
399:Lock 4
357:Lock 5
337:Lock 6
89:History
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193:Legend
81:Status
43:Length
1685:Wales
913:Route
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764:Dates
675:locks
73:Locks
1119:2011
1023:ISBN
1001:ISBN
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