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.