Charnwood Forest Canal
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charnwood-forest-canal-188-3084372
title:
Charnwood Forest Canal
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The Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation", was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further connection to Barrow Hill, near Worthington, in 1794 It marks the beginning of a period of history that saw the introduction of railways to supplement canals and, in the end, superseding them, leading eventually to the Midland Counties Railway. It was also one of the first uses of edge-rails for a wagonway. (This should not be confused with th
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnwood_Forest_Canal
date created:
2005-07-14T15:54:46Z
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2024-09-08T21:03:20Z
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