Glastonbury Canal
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glastonbury-canal-161-4793641
title:
Glastonbury Canal
text:
The Glastonbury Canal ran for approximately 14 miles (23 km) through two locks from Glastonbury to Highbridge in Somerset, England, where it entered the River Parrett and from there the Bristol Channel. The canal was authorised by Parliament in 1827 and opened in 1834. It was operated by the Glastonbury Navigation and Canal Company. Most of it was abandoned as a navigation in 1854, when a railway was built along the towpath. An earlier canal had been built in the Middle Ages to supply Glastonbur
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description:
Canal in Somerset, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Canal
date created:
2004-12-03T22:40:51Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T09:32:28Z
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