BW164/15

Burton and Moira Canal

Date

1840-1841

Reference code

BW164/15

Administrative / Biographical history

Proposed by the Ashby Canal company following the collapse of the Commercial Canal scheme, this was intended to extend the Ashby to the Trent at Burton. However, they lacked the necessary resources to see the scheme through. For more details, see 'The Canals of the West Midlands' by Charles Hadfield.

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"Plan and Section of the Proposed Burton and Moira Canal [from Burton Upon Trent to Ashby-De-La-Zouch], with a Branch to Swadlincote"

Sections of the proposed Burton and Moira Canal

"Section of the Cadley Hill chain of Locks [on the Burton and Moira Canal]"

Section of Burton and Moira Canal

"Section of the Burton and Moira Junction Canal"

"Section of the Branch from the Burton & Moira Canal to Swadlincote"

"Section of the proposed alteration in the Line of the Burton & Moira Canal on the East side of Cadley Hill"

"Section of Railway from Willesley [wharf] to a Junction with the Malleable Rails [of Ashby-De-La-Zouch Canal & Railway Company]"

Section of the Burton and Moira Canal and the branch to Swadlincote

BW164/15

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