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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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