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Wilts & Berks Canal Overview
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Canal in the United Kingdon
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Events
1793 - First survey from Trowbridge to Abingdon
1795 - Act of parliament approves the Wilts & Berks canal
1813 - Act of parliament approves the North Wilts canal
1819 - North Wilts canal opens
1901 - Stanley aqueduct was breached
1914 - Act of parliament closes both the W&B and NW canals
1822 - Coate Water Reservoir Opens
1841 - GWR railway line from Bristol to London completed
1761 - Duke of Bridgewater opens the first commercial canal transporting coal to the mills in Manchester
1803 - Napoleonic War
1877 - New Owners
1821 - Act of parliament merges the W&B and NW canals
1841 - Canal at it's most prosperous
1810 - W&B Canal Officially opens
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