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• Ringsend, County Dublin
  ...d at the west end is the area of South Lotts and part of the [[Grand Canal Dock]] area. Neighbouring areas include [[Irishtown, County Dublin|Irishtown]], Formerly the point where ships arriving from across the [[Irish Sea]] would dock, Ringsend went into decline in the 19th and 20th centuries, when the shippi
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• Brentford
  Brentford's main visible landmark to passers by is the "Minaret", part of the Grand Union Waterworks by the Thames. ...tford has undergone a revival since the 1990s. The lands around Brentford dock have seen new development and commercial life and the town is lively.
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• Southall
  ...d Junction Canal]]) which first linked London with the rest of the growing canal system. It was one of the last canals to carry significant commercial traff ...Martin Brothers set up a ceramics factory in an old soap works next to the canal and until 1923, produced distinctive ceramics now known and collected as Ma
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• Lancaster
  ...recambe Bay]]. The city is located on the [[River Lune]] and the Lancaster Canal. With its history based on its port and canal, Lancaster is an ancient settlement, dominated by Lancaster Castle.
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• River Brent
  ...servoir" and was created to supply the Paddington Canal, now an arm of the Grand Union. Welsh Harp has since its creation been is a popular place for leisur ...e [[Grand Union Canal#Paddington Arm|Paddington Arm]] of the [[Grand Union Canal]]. From Stonebridge Park the river can be followed westward, under the A40
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• Great Ouse
  ...o wanted to link Bedford to the [[Grand Union Canal#History|Grand Junction Canal]], but they failed to obtain their Act of Parliament. A stockbroker called ...ttp://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/river.php?wpage=GORC |author=Jim Shead's Canal pages |title=Great Ouse Relief Channel}}</ref>
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• River Nene
  ...Coast Main Line|west coast railway line]] and also under the [[Grand Union Canal]]. A little west of Weedon the river converges with its tributary source fr ...at Kislingbury. The Nene's course is closely followed by the [[Grand Union Canal]]'s Northampton arm at Upton Mill.
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• Bow Back Rivers
  ...y Cut at Old Ford, with two connections to the old river. The water supply canal passed under the old river to feed two compensation reservoirs to the north ...own channel. It was initially called Stratford Dock, later becoming Meggs Dock and was probably constructed by the ''Middlesex and Essex Turnpike Trust''.
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• River Yare
  ...c to that city. At Reedham the river is joined by the [[Haddiscoe Cut]], a canal which provides a direct navigable link to the River Waveney at [[Haddiscoe] ...f the remaining 32 miles to Norwich were finished by the autumn of 1833. A grand opening was held on 30 September 1833, when it was planned that the ''Jarro
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• Pimlico
  ...], to which it was built as a southern extension, Pimlico is known for its grand garden squares and impressive Regency architecture. ...]] to the south, Vauxhall Bridge Road to the east and the former Grosvenor Canal to the west.
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• Leeds and Liverpool Canal
  [[File:Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Burscough.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Ainscoughs Mill in Burscough]] The '''Leeds and Liverpool Canal''' is a canal in [[Lancashire]] and [[Yorkshire]], built for industrial cargoes and linki
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• Kennet and Avon Canal
  [[File:canal.at.bathampton.arp.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The canal at Bathampton, Somerset]] ...o.uk/map/#/show=Kennet_and_Avon_Canal map]); thus the Kennet and Avon is a canal provides the link in an inland navigation route from the [[Bristol Channel]
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• River Liffey
  ...er Shannon]] by the [[Grand Canal of Ireland|Grand Canal]] and the [[Royal Canal]]. ...urney downstream, passing [[the Custom House]] before turning at the Grand Canal Basin and back up stream. Built by ''Westers Mekaniska'' in Sweden, this 50
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• Yeading
  ...e main industry in Hayes and Yeading at this time was brickmaking, and the canal provided a reliable way of transporting larger numbers of bricks. Yeading's
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• Yiewsley
  |picture=Cowley Peachy Junction, Grand Union Canal, Yiewsley - geograph.org.uk - 90224.jpg |picture caption=Grand Union Canal, Yiewsley
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• Carrick-on-Shannon
  |picture caption=The Dock, former courthouse which is now an arts centre. ...igation entailed extensive dredging of the river, the cutting of Jamestown Canal, the construction of locks at [[Drumsna]] and [[Knockvicar]], and the build
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• Limerick
  ...k right up through the midlands of the country. The opening of the [[Grand Canal]] in the 18th century provided further access to Dublin and the east of the ...Today the port is located further downstream on the Shannon alongside the Dock Road and is operated by the Shannon Foynes Port Company who operate all mar
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• Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
  {{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[Bridgewater Canal]] in Lancashire}} [[File:Firepool lock.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Firepool Lock, where the canal joins the River Tone]]
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• Bridgewater Canal
  The '''Bridgewater Canal''' runs through southern [[Lancashire]] and northern [[Cheshire]] to connec ...[[Preston Brook]], south-east of Runcorn; and to the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] at Leigh. It once connected with the [[River Mersey]] at Runcorn but has
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• Ratho
  ...othian|Newbridge]] and [[Kirkliston]] are other nearby villages. The Union Canal passes through Ratho. [[Edinburgh Airport]] is situated only four miles awa ...12th century doorway is still visible. Generally the church has never been grand, but it bears the hallmarks of centuries of evolutionary change. The interi
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