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Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries / With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.

Chapter 82: APPENDIX.
By J. Stephen Jeans
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The work emphasizes the centrality of efficient transport to economic life and focuses on waterborne movement, particularly artificial waterways. It presents a typology of canals by purpose and function, traces their development from ancient hydraulic works through Roman and later periods to modern canal-building, and outlines engineering elements such as locks, sluices, and water-supply management. The narrative surveys notable navigation projects, considers the practical and economic challenges of construction and operation, and discusses how technical solutions, legal arrangements, and hydrological conditions influenced canal design and usage across different regions.

I.
CHRONOLOGY OF RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND
CANAL NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND UP TO 1852.

  • Fifteenth Century.
  • 1423. River Thames Navigation.
  • 1425. River Lea Navigation.
  • 1462. River Ouse (Yorkshire) Navigation.
  • Sixteenth Century.
  • 1503. River Severn Navigation.
  • 1504. River Stour (Essex) Navigation.
  • 1531. Rivers Humber and Ouse Navigation.
  • 1531. River Exe Navigation.
  • 1570. River Lea   ”
  • 1571. Welland    ”
  • 1572. Exeter Canal  ”
  • Seventeenth Century.
  • 1623. River Colne Navigation.
  • 1662. River Itchin   ”
  • 1662. River Wye   ”
  • 1664. River Avon   ”
  • 1664. River Medway   ” (upper).
  • 1670. River Wey    ”
  • 1670. Rivers Bure, Yare, Waveney Navigation.
  • 1670. River Ouse (Suffolk) Navigation.
  • 1670. Foss Dyke Navigation.
  • 1672. River Witham   ”
  • 1678. Rivers Fal and Vale Navigation.
  • 1699. Rivers Tone and Parrett   ”
  • 1699. Rivers Aire and Calder   ”
  • 1699. River Trent Navigation
  • Eighteenth Century.
  • 1700. Rivers Avon and Frome Navigation.
  • 1700. River Dee Navigation (and 1732).
  • 1700. River Lark Navigation.
  • 1701. River Derwent ”
  • 1702. River Frant   ”
  • 1705. River Stour   ”
  • 1714. River Nene   ”
  • 1715. River Kennett  ”
  • 1716. River Wear   ”
  • 1720. Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
  • 1720. Rivers Mersey and Irwell Navigation (and 1794).
  • 1720. River Weaver Navigation.
  • 1720. River Dane   ”
  • 1721. River Eden   ”
  • 1726. River Dun    ”
  • 1726. Beverley Beck ”
  • 1730. Stroudwater Canal.
  • 1737. River Roden Navigation.
  • 1737. Duke of Bridgwater’s Canal (and 1759).
  • 1749. Rivers Ley and Lane Navigation.
  • 1751. River Narr Navigation.
  • 1751. River Avon (Warwickshire).
  • 1753. River Cart Navigation.
  • 1755. Sankey Canal.
  • 1757. River Blyth Navigation.
  • 1757. River Ivel   ”
  • 1758. Rivers Calder and Hebble Navigation.
  • 1759. River Stort Navigation.
  • 1759. River Clyde    ”
  • 1763. Louth Navigation.
  • 1766. River Soar Navigation.
  • 1766. Trent and Mersey Canal.
  • 1766. Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
  • 1766. Rivers Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation (and 1793).
  • 1767. River Ure Navigation.
  • 1767. Driffield   ”
  • 1767. River Ancholme Navigation.
  • 1768. Droitwich Canal.
  • 1768. Coventry Canal.
  • 1768. Birmingham Canal.
  • 1768. Forth and Clyde Canal.
  • 1769. Oxford Canal.
  • 1770. Monkland Canal.
  • 1770. Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
  • 1771. Chesterfield Canal.
  • 1771. Bradford Canal.
  • 1772. Ellesmere Canal.
  • 1772. Market Weighton Canal.
  • 1773. River Bure Navigation.
  • 1774. Sir John Ramsden’s Canal.
  • 1774. Bude Canal and Haven.
  • 1775. Gresley Canal.
  • 1776. Dudley Canal.
  • 1776. Stourbridge Canal.
  • 1778. Basingstoke Canal.
  • 1778. Bedford River.
  • 1783. Thames and Severn Canal.
  • 1785. River Arun Navigation.
  • 1788. Shropshire Union Canals.
  • 1789. Andover Canal.
  • 1789. Cromford Canal.
  • 1790. River Ouse (Yorkshire) Navigation.
  • 1790. Glamorganshire Canal.
  • 1791. Hereford and Gloucester Canal.
  • 1791. Leicester Navigation.
  • 1791. Wreak and Eye River Navigation.
  • 1791. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal.
  • 1791. Leominster Canal.
  • 1791. Melton Mowbray Canal.
  • 1791. Neath Canal.
  • 1791. Worcester and Birmingham Canal.
  • 1792. River Medway (lower) Navigation.
  • 1792. Nottingham Canal.
  • 1792. Monmouthshire Canal.
  • 1792. Horncastle Canal.
  • 1792. Lancaster Canal.
  • 1793. Gloucester and Berkeley Canal.
  • 1793. Aberdare Canal.
  • 1793. Brecon and Abergavenny Canal.
  • 1793. Stratford-on-Avon Canal.
  • 1793. Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Canal.
  • 1793. Grantham Canal.
  • 1793. Grand Junction Canal.
  • 1793. River Foss Navigation.
  • 1793. Derby Canal.
  • 1793. Stainforth and Keadby Canal.
  • 1793. Ulverston Canal.
  • 1793. Shrewsbury Canal.
  • 1793. Warwick and Birmingham Canal.
  • 1793. Caister Canal.
  • 1793. Barnsley Canal.
  • 1793. Oakham Canal.
  • 1793. Deame and Dove Canal.
  • 1793. Cruian Canal.
  • 1794. Montgomeryshire Canal.
  • 1794. Warwick and Napton Canal.
  • 1794. Peak Forest Canal.
  • 1794. Rochdale Canal.
  • 1794. Huddersfield Canal.
  • 1794. Kennett and Avon Canal.
  • 1794. Mersey and Irwell Navigation.
  • 1794. Swansea Canal.
  • 1794. Wisbech Canal.
  • 1794. Somersetshire Coal Canal.
  • 1794. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal.
  • 1794. Sleaford Navigation.
  • 1795. Wilts and Berks Canal.
  • 1795. Ilchester and Longport Navigation.
  • 1795. Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal.
  • 1795. Derby Canal.
  • 1796. Dorset and Somerset Canal.
  • 1796. Grand Western Canal.
  • 1796. Aberdeen, or Don and Dee Canal.
  • 1796. River Tamar Navigation.
  • 1796. Salisbury and Southampton Canal.
  • Nineteenth Century.
  • 1800. Thames and Medway Canal.
  • 1801. Grand Surrey Canal.
  • 1801. Leven Canal.
  • 1802. River Exe Navigation.
  • 1803. Glenkennie Canal.
  • 1803. Tavistock Canal.
  • 1803. Caledonian Canal.
  • 1803. Thames and Severn Canal.
  • 1805. River Mersey Navigation.
  • 1805. Ashton and Oldham Canal.
  • 1806. Glasgow and Paisley Canal.
  • 1807. River Adur Navigation.
  • 1807. River Ribble  ”
  • 1807. Royal Military Canal.
  • 1808. River Tees Navigation.
  • 1810. Grand Union Canal.
  • 1811. Bridgwater and Taunton Canal.
  • 1812. London and Cambridge Canal.
  • 1812. Regent’s Canal.
  • 1813. Bure and Dillon Canal.
  • 1813. Wey and Arun Canal.
  • 1815. Pocklington Canal.
  • 1816. Sheffield Canal.
  • 1817. Portsmouth and Arundel Canal.
  • 1817. Edinburgh and Glasgow Canal.
  • 1819. Carlisle Canal.
  • 1819. Bude and Launceston Canal.
  • 1820. Macclesfield Canal.
  • 1824. Kensington Canal.
  • 1824. Hertford Union Canal.
  • 1825. English and Bristol Channels Canal (Liskeard and Looe)
  • 1826. Alford Canal.
  • 1826. Macclesfield Canal.
  • 1826. Birmingham and Liverpool Canal.
  • 1827. Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation.
  • 1828. Avon and Gloucestershire Canal.
  • 1828. Nene and Wisbech Canal.
  • 1829. Oxford Canal.
  • 1830. Ellesmere and Chester Canal.
  • 1842. River Severn Navigation.
  • 1852. Droitwich Junction Canal.