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

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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.

II.
CANALS AND INLAND RIVER NAVIGATIONS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND,
AND WALES, DISTINGUISHING THE MILEAGE UNDER, AND THE
MILEAGE NOT UNDER, THE CONTROL OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.

(From the Report of the Select Committee on Canals, 1883, p. 225.)

 
  Not under
Control of
Railway
 Companies. 
Under
Control of
Railway
 Companies. 
England:  M.   F.   M.   F. 
Aire and Calder Canal 80 0  
Ancholme Drainage and Navigation 19 0  
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal (Midland Railway) ..   26 4
Ashton-under-Lyne Canal (Manchester,        
  Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway) ..   17 4

Barnsley Canal (Amalgamated with the




  Aire and Calder Navigation) 15 1  
Baybridge Canal 3 3  
Beverley Beck 0 6  
Birmingham Canals (London and        
  North-Western Railway) ..   160 0
Bradford Canal 3 0  
Bridgwater, Duke of 39 6  
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal        
  (Great Western Railway) ..   15 2
Bude Canal 35 4  

Caistor Canal (County of Lincoln)

4

0


Calder and Hebble Navigation        
  (Leased to the Aire and Calder Navigation)   22 0  
Chesterfield Canal (Manchester,        
  Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway) ..   46 0
Coventry Canal 32 4  
Cromford Canal (Midland Railway) ..   18 0

Dearne and Dove Canal (Manchester,




  Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway) ..   14 0
Derby Canal 18 0  
Driffield Navigation Canal 5 4
Driffield River 6 6  
Droitwich Canal 5 6  
Droitwich Junction Canal 1 3  

Erewash Canal

11

6


Exeter Canal 5 0  

Foss Navigation, York

..


12

4
Foss Dike Navigation, Lincolnshire        
  (Great Northern Railway) ..   11 0

Gloucester and Berkeley Canal (now part of




  Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester        
  and Birmingham Navigation) 164 0  
Grand Junction Canal 135 0  
Grand Surrey Canal 4 6  
Grand Union Canal 26 0  
Grand Western Canal ..   12 0
Grantham Canal (Great Northern Railway) ..   33 6
Gravesend and Rochester Canal        
  (South-Eastern Railway) ..   6 6
Gresley Canal, including        
  Newcastle-under-Lyne Canals ..   9 0
Grosvenor Canal 1 0  

Hertford Union Canal

6

0


Horncastle Canal 11 0  
Huddersfield and Sir John Ramsden’s Canal ..   23 6
Hull and Leven Canal 3 0  

Ilchester and Langport Canal

7

0



Kennet and Avon Canal




  (Great Western Railway) ..   57 0

Lancaster Canal




  (London and North Western Railway) ..   60 0
Lea River Navigation and Branch Canals 33 4  
Leeds and Liverpool Canal 143 4  
Leicester Navigation 16 0  
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire        
  Union Canal 24 0  
Leven Canal 3 0
Liskeard and Looe Canal 6 0  
Louth Canal (Great Northern Railway) ..   12 0

Macclesfield Canal (Manchester, Sheffield,




  and Lincolnshire Railway) ..   26 2
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal        
  (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) ..   16 0
Market Weighton Canal        
  (North-Eastern Railway) ..   9 0

Newcastle-under-Lyne Canal




  (North Staffordshire Railway) ..   2 0
North Walsham and Dilham 7 4  
North Wilts(part of Wilts and Berks Canal) 8 4  
Nottingham Canal (Great Northern Railway) ..   15 0
Nutbrook or Shipley Canal 4 4  

Oxford Canal

91

2



Peak Forest Canal (Manchester, Sheffield,




  and Lincolnshire Railway) ..   15 0
Pocklington Canal (North-Eastern Railway) ..   9 2
Portsmouth and Arundel 4 0  

Regent’s Canal

9

6


 
Rochdale Canal 35 0  
Royal Military or Shorncliffe Canal 30 0  

St. Columb Canal

6

0


St. Helen’s Canal (London and        
  North-Western Railway) ..   16 6
Sankey Canal ..   12 0
Sheffield Canal (Manchester, Sheffield,        
  and Lincolnshire Railway) ..   4 0
Shropshire Union Canals        
  (London and North-Western Railway) ..   204 0
Sleaford Chapel 13 4  
Soar River or Longboro’ Navigation 8 4  
Somersetshire Coal Canal 11 0  
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 50 0  
Stamforth and Keadby Canal        
  (South Yorkshire Railway) ..   13 0
Stourbridge Navigation 7 1  
Stourbridge Extension Canal        
  (Great Western Railway) .. 3 0
Stratford-on-Avon Canal        
  (Great Western Railway) ..   25 2
Stover Canal (South Devon Railway) ..   1 7
Stroudwater Canal 8 0  
Surrey Dock Canal 4 4  

Tavistock Canal

4

0


Thames and Medway Canal ..   9 0
Thames and Severn Canal 30 0  
Thanet Canal 0 3  
Tone and Parrett Navigation        
  (Great Western Railway) ..   27 0
Trent and Mersey Canal        
  (North Staffordshire Railway) ..   118 0

Ulverston Canal (Furness Railway)

..

 

1

2

Warwick and Birmingham Canal

22

4


 
Warwick and Napton 14 3  
Wey and Arun 18 0  
Wey River 20 0  
Wilts and Berks Canal 60 2  
Wisbech Canal 6 0  
Worcester and Birmingham (now part of        
  Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester 29 0  
  and Birmingham Navigation Company        
Total 1,260 2 1,062 5

Scotland:




Aberdeenshire Canal 19 0  
Borrowstowness Canal 7 0  
Caledonian Canal 23 0  
Crinan Canal 9 4  
Edinburgh and Glasgow Union        
  (North British Railway) ..   32 0
Forth and Clyde (Caledonian Railway) ..   53 0
Glasgow, Paisley, and Ardrossan        
  (Glasgow and South Western Railway) ..   11 0
Glenkenn’s Canal 25 6  
Monkland Canal ..   10 0
Total 84 2 106 0

Wales:




Aberdare Canal 6 6  
Brecon and Abergavenny Canal        
  (Great Western Railway) ..   33 0
Briton Canal 4 2  
Glamorganshire Canal 25 4  
Kidwelly Canal 3 4  
Monmouthshire Railway and Canals        
  (Great Western Railway) ..   20 0
Montgomeryshire Canal        
  (now part Shropshire Union)    
Neath Canal 14 0  
Pembrey Canal 0 4  
Penelawd Canal 4 0  
Swansea (Great Western Railway) ..   17 0
Total 58 4 70 0

RIVERS IN ENGLAND.

 
  Not under
Control of
Railway
 Companies. 
Under
Control of
Railway
 Companies. 
   M.   F.   M.   F. 
Axe River 9 0  
Adur River, Sussex 14 0  
Arun River, Sussex 13 0  
Avon River (Lower), Tewkesbury to Evesham          
  (now leased to Sharpness New Docks,        
  and Gloucester and Birmingham        
  Navigation Company) 25 0  
Avon River, Bath to Hanham Mills ..   11 0
Blyth River, Suffolk 9 0  
Bourne Eare River, Lincolnshire 3 4  
Bure or North River, Norfolk 9 0  
Colne River, Essex 3 4  
Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, Essex 14 0  
Dee Navigation 10 0  
Derwent River Navigation        
  (North Eastern Railway) ..   38 0
Dun River Navigation        
  (Manchester, Sheffield, and        
  Lincolnshire Railway) ..   39 0
Gippen River, Suffolk        
  (Great Eastern Railway) ..   16 0
Idle River, County of Nottingham 10 0  
Itchen Navigation 14 0  
Ivel River, Hertford and Bedford 11 0  
Kennet River, Reading to Newbury        
  (Great Western Railway) ..   18 4
Larke River, Suffolk 14 0  
Medway River, Lower Navigation 7 6  
Medway River, Upper Navigation 15 0  
Leicester and Melton Mowbray Navigation 14 6  
Mersey and Irwell Navigation 57 0  
Narr River, Norfolk 15 0  
Nene River Navigation 50 0  
Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation        
  (Great Eastern Railway) ..   30 0
New Bedford Level 20 0  
Ouse River Navigation (York) 60 0  
Ouse River Navigation (Sussex) 30 0  
The Little Ouse or Brandon        
  and Waveney River 22 4  
Rother River, Sussex 11 0  
Stour River, from Manningtree, Essex,        
  to Sudbury, Suffolk 20 0  
Stowmarket Navigation        
  (Great Eastern Railway) ..   17 0
Stort River Navigation 13 4  
Severn River 44 0  
Sankey Brook Navigation 3 3  
Tamar Manure Navigation 22 0  
Thames River 146 0  
Trent River Navigation 72 0  
Ure River Navigation ..   7 6
Weaver Navigation 24 0  
Welland River 26 0  
Witham Navigation ..   32 0
Wye and Lugg Rivers 99 4  
Total 932 3 209 2

CANALS AND NAVIGATIONS ABANDONED
OR CONVERTED INTO RAILWAYS.

 
     M.    F. 
Alford Canal 6 4
Andover Canal, converted into Railway 22 4
Avon River, above Evesham 18 3
Basingstoke Canal 37 2
Coombe Hill Canal 3 4
Croydon Canal 9 4
Glastonbury Canal, converted into Railway 14 2
Grand Western Canal 25 0
Grosvenor Canal, part of 1 0
Hereford and Gloucester, converted into Railway 34 0
Kensington Canal, part of 2 0
Leominster Canal, converted into Railway 22 0
Monmouthshire Canal, near Newport, part converted 0 6
Newport Pagnell 1 2
Oakham Canal, part converted into Railway 15 0
Portsmouth and Arundel (part abandoned since 1855) 8 0
Somersetshire Canal (part of), converted into Railway   7 2
Wey and Arun Junction Canal 18 0
Total 250 1

SUMMARY.

 
  Not under
Control of
Railway
 Companies. 
Under
Control of
Railway
 Companies. 
  M.   F.  M.   F. 
Canals in England 1,260 2 1,062 5
Canals in Scotland 84 2 106 0
Canals in Wales 58 4 70 0
  1,403 0 1,238 5
Rivers in England 932 3 209 2
Total 2,335 3 1,447 7
Canals and Navigations abandoned or          
  converted into Railways 250 1