Stroudwater Navigation - As Constructed | |
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Stroudwater Canal opened | 1779 |
Stroudwater Canal closed | 1954 |
Canal length - Wallbridge, Stroud to River Severn | 12.6 km (7.8 miles) |
Number of locks - Wallbridge to River Severn | 13 |
Fall from Wallbridge to River Severn | 32 m (105 ft) |
Stroudwater Navigation - When Restored | |
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Canal length - Wallbridge, Stroud to Saul Junction | 11.4 km (7.1 miles) |
Number of locks - Wallbridge to Saul Junction | 12 |
Fall from Wallbridge to Saul Junction | 26.3 m (86 ft 3 in) |
Thames & Severn Canal | |
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Thames & Severn Canal opened | 1789 |
Thames & Severn Canal abandoned (in two phases): - Whitehall Bridge to Inglesham - Wallbridge to Whitehall Bridge |
1927 1933 |
Canal length | 46.3 km (28.75 miles) |
Total number of locks | 44 |
Rise from Wallbridge, Stroud to summit (Sapperton) | 73.5 m (241 ft) |
Locks to summit | 28 |
Distance from Wallbridge to summit (Sapperton) | 11.4 km (7.1 miles) |
Length of summit | 12.9 km (8 miles) |
Length of Cirencester Arm | 2 km (1.25 miles) |
Locks from summit to River Thames, Inglesham | 16 |
Fall from summit to River Thames, Inglesham | 39.3 m (129 ft) |
Distance from summit to River Thames, Inglesham | 21.9 km (13.6 miles) |
Length of Sapperton Canal Tunnel | 3,490 m (3,817 yards, 173.5 chains or 2.2 miles) |
Tunnel width (nominal) | 4.4 m (14 ft 4 in) |
Tunnel internal height (nominal) | 4.7 m (15 ft 4 in) |