Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries / With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.

by J. Stephen Jeans

	Not under Control of Railway Companies.		Under Control of Railway Companies.
	M.	F.	M.	F.
Canals in England	1,260	2	1,062	5
Canals in Scotland	84	2	106	0
Canals in Wales	58	4	70	0
	1,403	0	1,238	5
Rivers in England	932	3	209	2
Total	2,335	3	1,447	7
Canals and Navigations abandoned or
converted into Railways	250	1	—

III.
THROUGH ROUTES OF CANAL AND INLAND
NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

(From the Report of the Select Committee on Canals, 1883, p. 210.)

Note.—An asterisk (*) against the name of a Navigation indicates that it is owned or controlled by a Railway Company.

Note.—Draft, in the dimensions of locks, denotes the greatest immersion at which any craft can pass through the Navigation.

Route.	Name of Navigation.	Mileage.	Size of Lock.
			Length.			Breadth.			Draft.
			ft.	in.		ft.	in.		ft.	in.
London to	*Regent’s	8½	90	0	by	15	0	by	5	0
Liverpool	Grand Junction	101	80	0	”	14	6	”	4	6
(First Route.)	Oxford	5	No lock.
	Warwick and Napton	15	72	0	by	7	0	by	4	0
	Warwick and Birmingham	22	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	*Birmingham	15	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	Staffordshire and
	Worcestershire	1¼	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	*Shropshire Unions	68	80	0	”	7	6	”	4	0
	Mersey	10	Open navigation.
	Total	245¾
London to	River Thames	20	Open navigation.
Liverpool	Grand Junction	94	80	0	by	14	6	by	4	6
(Second	Oxford	24	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
Route.)	Coventry	27	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	*Birmingham	5½	No lock.
	Coventry	5½	Ditto.
	*North Staffordshire	67	72	0	by	7	0	by	3	6
	Duke of Bridgwater’s	5¼	84	0	”	15	0	”	4	6
	River Mersey	15	Open navigation.
	Total	263¼
London to	River Thames	20	Open navigation.
Liverpool	Grand Junction	94	80	0	by	14	6	by	4	6
(Third	Oxford	5	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
Route.)	Warwick and Napton	15	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	Warwick and Birmingham	22	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	*Birmingham	15	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	Staffordshire and
	Worcestershire	23	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	*North Staffordshire	55	72	0	”	7	0	”	3	6
	Duke of Bridgwater’s	5¼	85	0	”	15	0	”	4	6
		15	Open navigation.
	Total	269¼
London to	Regent’s	8½;	90	0	by	15	0	by	5	0
Hull	Grand Junction	96	80	0	”	14	6	”	4	6
(First Route.)	Grand Union	24	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	Leicester
	and Northampton	18	80	0	”	15	0	”	3	6
	Leicester	16	70	0	”	14	0	”	3	6
	Soar	8	70	0	”	14	0	”	3	6
	Trent	100	90	0	”	15	0	”	3	6
	Humber	18½	Open navigation.
	Total	289
London to Hull	Thames	20	Open navigation.
(Second	Grand Junction	94	80	0	by	14	6	by	4	6
Route.)	Oxford	24	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	Coventry	27	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	*Birmingham	5½	No lock.
	Coventry	5½	Ditto.
	*North Staffordshire	26	72	0	by	7	0	by	3	6
	Trent	102½	90	0	”	15	0	”	3	6
	Humber	18½	Open navigation.
	Total	323
London to	Thames	78½	Open navigation.
Severn	Kennet	1½	120	0	by	18	0	by	5	0
Ports.	*Kennet and Avon	74	75	0	”	14	6	”	4	6
(First	*Avon to Hanham	11	108	0	”	18	6	”	4	6
Route.)	Avon Tideway	15½	Open navigation.
	Total	180½
London to	Thames	106½	109	0	by	17	8	by	4	0
Severn	Wilts and Berks	37	78	0	”	8	0	”	4	0
Ports.			72	0	”	17	6	”	4	0
(Second	Thames and Severn	20½	86	0	”			”
Route.)			Altered to			12	3	”	4	0
			72	0
	Stroudwater	7	72	0	”	17	6	”	4	6
	Sharpness Docks,
	Gloucester and
	Berkeley, Section
	to Sharpness	9	No lock 18 feet deep.
	Total	180
London to			140	0	by	22	0
Severn	Thames	141½	109	0	”	17	8
Ports.			90	0	”	14	0
(Third	Thames and Severn	28¾	72	0	”	12	6	by	4	0
Route.)	Stroudwater to
	Tideway	8	72	0	”	17	6	”	4	6
	Total	178¼
London to	Thames	20	Open navigation.
Severn	Grand Junction	94	80	0	by	14	6	by	4	6
Ports.	Oxford	5	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
(Fourth	Warwick and Napton	15	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
Route.)	Warwick and
	Birmingham	7½	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	*Stratford-on-Avon	12½	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	Sharpness Docks,
	Worcester Section	24	72	0	”	7	0	”	5	6
	Severn	30	150	0	”	30	0	”	6	0
	Gloucester and
	Berkeley to
	Sharpness	16	100	0	”	24	0	”	6	0
	Total	224
Liverpool to	Mersey	10	Open navigation.
Severn	*Shropshire Union	68	80	0	by	7	6	by	4	0
Ports.	Staffordshire and
(First	Worcestershire	26½	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
Route.)	Severn	44	99	0	”	20	0	”	6	0
	Gloucester and
	Berkeley	16	100	0	”	24	0	”	6	0
	Total	164½
Liverpool to	Mersey	15	Open navigation.
Severn	Duke of Bridgwater’s	5¼	84	0	by	15	0	by	4	6
Ports.	*North Staffordshire	55	72	0	”	7	0	”	3	6
(Second	Staffordshire and
Route.)	Worcestershire	21½	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	*Birmingham	15	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
	Worcester and
	Birmingham	30	72	0	”	7	0	”	5	6
	Severn	30	150	0	”	30	0	”	6	0
	Gloucester and
	Berkeley	16	100	0	”	24	0	”	6	0
	Total	187¾
Liverpool to	Leeds and Liverpool	127	70	0	by	16	0	by	4	0
Hull.	Aire and Calder	35	212	0	”	22	0	”	9	0
(First	Ouse	8	Open navigation.
Route.)	Humber	18½	Ditto.
	Total	188½
Liverpool	Mersey	15	Open navigation.
to Hull	Duke of Bridgwater’s	26¾	84	0	by	15	0	by	4	6
(Second	Rochdale	33	73	0	”	14	0	”	4	6
Route.)	Calder and Hebble (in
	course of improvement)	22	53	0	”	14	0	”	4	6
	Aire and Calder	35	212	0	”	22	0	”	9	0
	Ouse	8	Open navigation.
	Humber	18½	Ditto.
	Total	158¼
Liverpool	Mersey	15	Open navigation.
to Hull	Duke of Bridgwater’s	26¾	84	0	by	15	0	by	4	6
(Third	Rochdale	1	73	0	”	14	0	”	4	6
Route).	Ashton	6	83	0	”	8	6	”	4	6
	*Huddersfield	19¾	70	0	”	7	0	”	4	6
	*Sir John Ramsden’s	3¾	53	0	”	14	0	”	4	6
	Calder and Hebble	13	58	0	”	14	6	”	5	6
	Aire and Calder
	(original improved)	35	212	0	”	22	0	”	9	6
	Ouse	8	Open navigation.
	Humber	18½	Ditto.
	Total	146¾
South	*Birmingham (average)	12	72	0	by	7	0	by	4	0
Staffordshire	Warwick and Birmingham	22	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
Mineral	Warwick and Napton	15	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
District	Oxford	5	No lock.
to London.	Grand Junction	101	80	0	by	14	6	by	4	6
	Regent’s	8½	90	0	”	15	0	”	5	0
	Total	163½
South	*Birmingham (average)	10	72	0	by	7	0	by	4	0
Staffordshire	Staffordshire and
Mineral	Worcestershire	21½	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
District to	*North Staffordshire	55	72	0	”	7	0	”	3	6
Liverpool.	Duke of Bridgwater’s	5	84	0	”	15	0	”	4	0
(First Route.)	Mersey	15	Open navigation.
	Total	106½
South	*Birmingham (average)	10	72	0	by	7	0	by	4	0
Staffordshire	Staffordshire and
Mineral	Worcestershire	1¼	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
District to	Shropshire Union	68	80	0	”	7	6	”	4	0
Liverpool	Mersey	10	Open navigation.
(Second Route.)	Total	89¼
South	*Birmingham (average)	27	72	0	by	7	0	by	4	0
Staffordshire	Coventry	5½	No lock.
Mineral	*North Staffordshire	26	72	0	by	9	0	by	3	6
District	Trent	102	90	0	”	15	0	”	3	6
to Hull.	Humber	18½	Open navigation.
	Total	179
South	*Birmingham (average)	10	72	0	by	7	0	by	4	0
Staffordshire	Worcester Section	30	72	0	”	7	0	”	5	6
Mineral	Severn	30	150	0	”	30	0	”	6	0
District to	Gloucester and
Severn Ports.	Berkeley Section	16	100	0	”	24	0	”	6	0
(First Route.)	Total	86
South	*Birmingham (average)	7	72	0	by	7	0	by	4	0
Staffordshire	Stourbridge	7	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
Mineral	Staffordshire and
District to	Worcestershire	12	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
Severn Ports.	Severn	44	99	0	”	20	0	”	6	0
(Second Route.)	Gloucester and
	Berkeley Section	16	100	0	”	24	0	”	6	0
	Total	86
South	Birmingham	10	72	0	by	7	0	by	4	0
Staffordshire	Staffordshire and
Mineral	Worcestershire	25	72	0	”	7	0	”	4	0
District to	Severn	44	99	0	”	20	0	”	6	0
Severn Ports	Gloucester and
(Third Route.)	Berkeley Section	16	100	0	”	24	0	”	6	0
	Total	95

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IV.
STATEMENT OF THE CANALS, ETC., IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, OWNED
OR CONTROLLED BY RAILWAY COMPANIES ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1882,
ARRANGED UNDER THE DATES OF THE SPECIAL ACTS AUTHORISING
THE ARRANGEMENTS.