Putah may refer to Putah, California Putah Creek geodis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
Irrigation District, which owns and operates the dam. Putah Diversion Dam diverts water into PutahSouthCanal about convert 6 mi km downstream of Monticello Dam. The dam is a gated concrete weir structure ...Geobox River Heading name Putah Creek native name Liwaito other name category stream Names etymology nickname Image image Putah Creek, UC Davis.jpg image caption Putah Creek, University of California, Davis Arboretum UC Davis Arboretum Country country United States state California region Yolo County, California Yolo , Solano County, California Solano , Napa County, California Napa , and Lake County ... ref name gnis Gnis 234522 Putah Creek ref source1 source1 location source1 region source1 country ... map locator map locator x map locator y Website website Footnotes footnotes Putah Creek Patwin ... Mountains , a part of the Pacific Coast Ranges Coast Range . The true meaning of Putah in Putah Creek ... springs on the east side of Cobb Mountain south of the town of Cobb, California Cobb in southwestern ... of the lake, Putah Creek leaves Napa County and becomes the boundary between Yolo County, California ... Putah Creek Road to Stevenson Bridge Road. A few miles east of Davis, the county line turns south, but the creek continues eastward, passing south of Davis to feed into the Yolo Bypass about ... convert 750 acre.ft m3 . The canal is entirely concrete lined except for a mile 1.6 km of pipe called the PutahSouth Pipeline. Most of the lands are below the level of the canal and are served by gravity . Lands above pump water straight from the canal. The canal ends at Terminal Dam, which ... supplies drinking water to the city of Vallejo, California Vallejo . Most of the canal is operated by Solano Irrigation District, but the Bureau of Reclamation operates the headworks. Green River Putah ... summer. Putah Creek is the subject of the Creedence Clearwater Revival song Green River song Green ... on Revival ref Meaning of name The true meaning of Putah in Putah Creek has been the subject of discussion ... more details
Putah is a former settlement in Lake County, California Lake County , California . ref name CGN It was located on Putah Creek convert 8 mi km 0 east of Lower Lake, California Lower Lake . ref name CGN California s Geographic Names 99 ref A post office operated at Putah from 1892 to 1900. ref name CGN References reflist Lake County, California coord missing Lake County, California Category Former settlements in Lake County, California Category Former populated places in California LakeCountyCA geo stub ... more details
Image South Hadley Canal Massachusetts map.jpg thumb right 200px South Hadley Canal The South Hadley Canal was a canal along the Connecticut River in South Hadley, Massachusetts . It is said to be the earliest navigable canal in the United States , with operation commencing in 1795. The canal dates to February 1792, when leading citizens of western Massachusetts proposed to build a canal around the Great Falls at South Hadley, a convert 53 ft m adj on drop in the Connecticut River that blocked boat transport. At that time, all cargo needed to be unloaded for convert 2.5 mi km of land transport ..., the first steamboat to operate on the Connecticut River, passed through the South Hadley Canal on its way to Vermont . However by 1843 competing railroads had begun to erode income, and the canal closed as uneconomical in 1862. Rather than use locks, the canal was built with an unusual Canal inclined ... the falls. The inclined plane appears to have been pioneered on England s Ketley Canal in 1788. This was its first use in American canals, and served as a pattern for others including the Morris Canal in New Jersey . On the South Hadley Canal s inclined plane, the boat was first maneuvered into a special ... owning slightly over 50 of the stock. The canal was built by some 240 local workers. In April 1795 it opened to commercial traffic. Nearby Turners Falls Canal opened three years later. First year ..., the inclined plane was replaced by a series of five locks when it was necessary to deepen the canal. Today Canal Park serves as a historic memorial. References http www.bio.umass.edu biology conn.river canal.html South Hadley Canal Committee http www.massmoments.org moment.cfm?mid 345 Mass Moments First Steamboat Passes through South Hadley Canal http www.nu.com aboutnu hwpco.asp Holyoke Water Power Company Barrett, Robert, Proprietors of the Locks and Canals A History of the South Hadley Canal , 2nd edition, Holyoke, Massachusetts Holyoke Water Power Company, 1985. Dwight, Timothy, Travels ... more details
Infobox local1 name South Yuba Canal Office chisl yes image caption location 134 Main Street br Nevada City, California , USA lat degrees lat minutes lat seconds lat direction N long degrees long minutes long seconds long direction W locmapin area built 1855 ref name virtualtourist cite web url http www.virtualtourist.com travel North America United States of America California Nevada City 754440 General ... body Nevada City Chamber of Commerce The South Yuba Canal Office was the headquarters for the largest ... Ott s Assay Office & The South Yuba Canal Building work malakoff.com accessdate 28 May 2010 ref The space was first used as a drug store. From 1857 to 1880, it functioned as the South Yuba Canal Office ... Nevada City Walking Tour work virtualcities.com accessdate 28 May 2010 ref South Yuba Canal Water Company The South Yuba Canal Water Company that was run from this office was the first incorporated to supply water for hydraulic mining . Originally named in 1854 as the Rock Creek, Deer Creek, and South Yuba Canal Company as a consolidation of three rival ditch companies, ref name malakoff the name was shortened in 1870 to the South Yuba Canal Company. ref name Johnson The company built and operated ... a part of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company s hydroelectric system. ref name malakoff South Yuba Canal The company s original ditch was put into use in 1850. The South Yuba River Yuba Canal is now ... Forest Service, USDA date February 14, 2006 title South Yuba Canal Maintenance Project journal Federal Register volume 71 issue 30 url http www.eswr.com frr fs021406.htm ref The South Yuba Canal System ... s inscription reads ref name noehill blockquote SOUTH YUBA CANAL OFFICE br Headquarters for the largest network of water flumes and ditches in the state. The South Yuba Canal Water Company was the first ...&dq 22South Yuba Canal Office 22&hl en&ei XCn S4 bKYa4NKPB7NwK&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum ... National Forest lands, the canal is bordered by conifer s and hardwoods. ref name ForestService California ... more details
Infobox settlement official name SouthCanal, Ohio settlement type Census designated place CDP nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map OHMap doton South Canal.png mapsize 250x200px map caption Location of SouthCanal, Ohio image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Ohio subdivision type2 List of counties in Ohio County subdivision name2 Trumbull County, Ohio Trumbull Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 4.3 area land km2 4.2 area water km2 0.1 area total sq mi 1.7 area land sq mi 1.6 area water sq mi 0.0 Population population as of United States Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population total 1346 population density km2 320.8 population density sq mi 830.9 General information timezone North American Eastern Time Zone Eastern EST utc offset 5 timezone DST EDT utc offset DST 4 elevation footnotes GR 3 elevation m 286 elevation ft 938 coordinates display inline,title coordinates type region US type city latd 41 latm 10 lats 42 latNS N longd 80 longm 59 longs 11 longEW W Area postal codes & others postal code type postal code area code blank name Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS code blank info 39 73118 GR 2 blank1 name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info 1867467 GR 3 website footnotes SouthCanal is a census designated place CDP in Trumbull County, Ohio Trumbull ... Statistical Area . Geography SouthCanal is located at coord 41 10 42 N 80 59 11 W type city 41.178472 ..., Ohio Category Census designated places in Ohio Category Youngstown metropolitan area ca SouthCanal es SouthCanal Ohio nl SouthCanal pl SouthCanal pt SouthCanal vo SouthCanal ... more details
orphan date April 2010 Infobox nrhp name South Hadley Canal Historic District nrhp type hd image caption nearest city South Hadley, Massachusetts locmapin Massachusetts area architect Unknown architecture No Style Listed added March 11, 1992 governing body Local refnum 92000077 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref South Hadley Canal Historic District is a historic district in South Hadley, Massachusetts . References reflist Registered Historic Places Category Historic districts in Massachusetts HampshireMA NRHP stub ... more details
Alexandra Canal is an canal artificial waterway in southern Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . The canal ..., New South Wales Alexandria , flowing through the suburbs of St Peters, New South Wales St Peters and Mascot, New South Wales Mascot , past Sydney s Sydney Airport to the Cooks River at Tempe, New South Wales Tempe , which eventually discharges into Botany Bay . Image Alexandra Canal.jpg right 500px The canal is 60 metres wide, ref name SMH dream cite news first Tim last Jamieson title Planners dream up a canal playgrounds publisher The Sydney Morning Herald page 6 date 1999 08 30 accessdate ... two navigable canals constructed in New South Wales. ref name SMH Cool cite news first Jean Pierre last Fabien title Cool, clean, clear canal publisher The Sydney Morning Herald page 108 date 1999 ..., 1886. br Image Macleay Museum Alexandra Canal was once a salt marsh ref name SMH dream known ... into a canal capable of carrying barges to transport goods from the nearby brickworks, woolen mills ... Canal. The curator of the Australian Museum , Robert Etheridge, stands centre wearing a top ... title Alexandra Canal Site accessdate 2008 01 10 date year month work Digging Up The Past publisher Marrickville Council Dead link date November 2010 bot H3llBot ref Construction of Alexandra Canal provided ... plan was for the canal to continue all the way to Port Jackson Sydney Harbour , ref name SMH Cool but this did not eventuate, and construction of the canal ceased in 1900. During World War II , 250 wool sheds were constructed along the eastern side of the canal, ref name SMH Spinning cite news ... page 11 date 1998 05 30 accessdate 2008 01 09 ref In the 19th and 20th centuries, the canal became highly polluted by runoff from nearby industries, ref name SMH Cool with the canal s sediment contaminated ... alexandra canal a threat to nearby residents 2008 04 25 1208743249028.html title Promise of Little ... ref In 1998, Sydney Water launched a 4 million plan to clean and restore the condition of the canal ... more details
Infobox rail railroad name South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company system map SouthCarolinaRR RoadMap1833.jpg map size 300px locale South Carolina start year 1827 end year 1843 successor line South Carolina Rail Road hq city Charleston, South Carolina gauge 5 ft Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company ran scheduled steam service over its convert 136 mi km adj on line from Charleston, South Carolina , to Hamburg, South Carolina . beginning in 1833. At that time it was the longest ... is a historic district in Charleston, South Carolina Charleston , South Carolina , that contains structures of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company and the home of the company s founder ... designs.com shultz scrr The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company http hdl.loc.gov loc.gmd ... South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company before none after South Carolina Rail Road years 1827 &ndash 1843 s end DEFAULTSORT South Carolina Canal Railroad Company Category Defunct South Carolina railroads ... merged with the South Carolina Rail Road , which had replaced the abortive Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston ..., the relatively remote South Carolina upcountry enjoyed a vast expansion in the value of its agricultural ... in Georgia. Its initial cost of 951,148 ref http www.amazon.com South Carolina short history 1520 1948 dp B0007E4GNG ref sr 1 15?s books&ie UTF8&qid 1293550254&sr 1 15 A Short History of South Carolina ... passed easily through South Carolina s monotonously flat Pine Barrens. Elsewhere, the track ... brought about the railroad town of Aiken, South Carolina , as a stopover place. The line was built ... of the development of the railroad industry in the United States . ref name scdahsum The South Carolina ... 456 King St., Charleston accessdate 2008 03 21 work National Register Properties in South Carolina listing publisher South Carolina Department of Archives and History ref The railroad company ... management. ref name nrhpinv2 Image William Aiken House Charleston, South Carolina .jpg left 250px thumb ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox television channel name Canal logofile Canal .svg logosize 200px ... Canal Group parent Vivendi key people slogan Cr ateur original de programmes originaux motto country ... by names timeshift names web http www.canalplus.fr www.canalplus.fr CanalCanal Plus , C , meaning .... It is 80 owned by the Canal Group , which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA . The channel broadcasts ... on Canal and on satellite on Canal Clair Clear . Canal is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast ... French television channel, Canal started broadcasting on 4 November 1984. In 1986, the channel ... of the digital satellite platform CanalSat Canalsatellite on 27 April 1996, Canal received two new sister channels Canal Jaune and Canal Bleu. ref cite web url http www.canalplusgroup.com pid163.htm anch 26 title L historie du Groupe Canal de 1983 nos jours accessdate 3 April 2009 ref A fourth channel, called Canal Vert came along on 31 August 1998. The channels changed their names to Canal D cal , Canal Cin ma and Canal Sport. In September 2005, Canal , Canal Cin ma and Canal Sport started broadcasting in the French digital terrestrial television network. The free to air parts of Canal had already been broadcasting for a few months by then. In August 2008, Canal started broadcasting the encrypted parts of its main channel in high definition in the terrestrial network. Canal plans ... ?p 16260 title Canal plans analogue switch off date 3 April 2009 publisher broadbandtvnews ref An account of the rise of Canal and CanalSatellite, and the establishment of the Canal Group as a major ... 3.4 Les Cha nes Canal Les Cha nes Canal ref cite web url http www.vivendi.com vivendi Canal EN title Les Cha nes Canal Programs for all tastes accessdate 25 June 2009 ref is the brand name used for all the Canal branded channels in France. Prior to 2008 it was called Canal Le Bouquet . class toccolours ... Canal 1984 no 4 4 4 Aspect ratio image 16 9 standard 16 9 standard definition television SDTV 24 hours ... more details
Infobox Network network name Canal A name br Canal A logo File Canal A Colombia logo 1992 1998.jpg 150px image network type Terrestrial television Broadcast Television Network branding Canal A airdate country Colombia available Colombia founder slogan es icon Es televisi n br en icon It s Television motto market share license area broadcast area Colombia area erp owner Inravisi n Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisi n key people foundation launch date March 27, 1972 as Segunda Cadena br January 1, 1992 as Canal A closure date February 2, 2004 replaced by Canal Institucional dissolved past names Segunda Cadena 1973 1979 1979 1983 br Segunda Cadena Color 1979 br Cadena Dos or Cadena 2 1984 1991 digital analog servicename1 service1 servicename2 service2 servicename3 service3 servicename4 service4 callsigns callsign callsign meaning former callsigns affiliates groups affiliation affiliations former affiliations website footnotes Canal A was a Colombia n state owned privately run national television channel. It was launched March 27, 1972 as Segunda Cadena , since it was the second television channel in Colombia, and replacing Tele 9 Coraz n which in turn had replaced privately owned Teletigre , a local channel covering Bogot . Until December 31, 1991 it was known as Cadena Dos Network Two , sometimes spelled Cadena 2 . During its existence, Canal A branded as such in 1992 in order to promote competition with Canal Uno , the other national channel broadcast programmes produced or imported by programadoras programming companies , which bid for time slots with the Colombian state ..., audience measurement ratings for the state owned channels Canal Uno and Canal A steadily dropped ... which remained on Canal A, was moved to Canal Uno. On February 2, Canal A left the airwaves. It was replaced by fully state owned Canal Institucional . See also Canal Institucional Television in Colombia ... stub Colombia tv stub es Canal A ... more details
Sweetwater Canal can mean A canal in Egypt running eastwards from the Nile near Cairo to the south end of the Suez Canal A canal near Basra in Iraq disambig ... more details
Washington Canal may refer to Washington Canal New Jersey , a waterway connecting the South River with the Raritan River Washington City Canal in Washington, D.C. 19th century geodis ... more details
Alexandria Canal may refer to Alexandria Canal Virginia Alexandra Canal New South Wales disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Canal 13 Spanish for Channel 13 disambiguation Channel 13 is the name of six Central America Central and South America n television stations Canal 13 Argentina , television network from Buenos Aires, Argentina Canal 13 Chile , television network from Santiago, Chile Canal 13 Colombia , television network from Colombia Canal 13 Costa Rica , a public television station in Costa Rica XHST TV , a television station in M rida, Yucat n, Mexico Canal 13 Guatemala , television network from Guatemala Canal 13 Paraguay , paraguayan television network disambig ast Canal 13 de Canal 13 es Canal 13 fr Canal 13 tr Canal 13 ... more details
Canal Street may refer to Canal Street Manchester , England, UK Canal Street, New Orleans , Louisiana, USA Canal Street Manhattan , New York City, New York, USA Canal Street New York City Subway , a station complex in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, consisting of Canal Street IRT Lexington Avenue Line serving the NYCS Lexington local time nolink trains Canal Street BMT Nassau Street Line serving the NYCS Nassau south time nolink trains Canal Street BMT Broadway Line serving the NYCS Broadway south time nolink trains Canal Street BMT Manhattan Bridge Line serving the NYCS Manhattan Bridge south time nolink trains Canal Street IND Eighth Avenue Line , a station at Sixth Avenue in Manhattan serving the NYCS Eighth far south time nolink trains Canal Street IRT Broadway Seventh Avenue Line , a station at Varick Street in Manhattan serving the NYCS Broadway Seventh south local time nolink trains Canal Street Buffalo , a historically notorious street and district at the western terminus of the Erie Canal in Buffalo, New York, USA Canal Street Hong Kong , HKSAR Canal Street Arendal, Norway , jazz and blues festival in southern Norway See also Canal Road Roadindex de Canal Street nl Canal Street ... more details
Grand Canal can refer to multiple waterways Grand Canal China in eastern China Grand Canal Venice in Venice, Italy Grand Canal Ireland , between the River Shannon and Dublin in Ireland Grand Canal d Alsace in eastern France GRAND Canal or Great Recycling and Northern Development Canal , proposed for Great Lakes region of North America Erie Canal , New York State, United States The proposed Grand Korean Waterway Pan Korea Grand Waterway ko in South Korea, sometimes referred to as the Grand Canal disambig de Grand Canal eo Granda Kanalo fr Grand Canal ko zh ... more details
, Oxford Canal , Grand Union CanalSouth Pennine Ring Rochdale Canal , Calder and Hebble Navigation , Huddersfield Broad Canal , Huddersfield Narrow Canal , Ashton Canal North Pennine Ring Rochdale Canal , Calder and Hebble Navigation , Aire and Calder Navigation , Leeds and Liverpool Canal , Bridgewater Canal Outer Pennine Ring Combines the North and South Pennine rings, omitting the section of the Rochdale canal that they share Calder and Hebble Navigation , Aire and Calder Navigation , Leeds and Liverpool Canal , Bridgewater Canal , Rochdale Canal , Ashton Canal , Huddersfield Narrow Canal , Huddersfield Broad Canal Yorkshire Ring Currently incomplete Aire and Calder Navigation , Dearne and Dove Canal , Barnsley Canal , River Don Navigation , New Junction Canal Stourport Ring River Severn , Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal , Stourbridge Canal , Dudley Canal s, Birmingham Canal Navigations Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal and BCN Main Line Birmingham New Main Line , Worcester and Birmingham Canal Avon Ring River Avon, Warwickshire River Avon , River Severn , Worcester and Birmingham Canal and Stratford upon Avon Canal Leicestershire Ring Trent and Mersey Canal , River Soar , Grand ...About waterways the fraud case in New York Canal Ring New York Refimprove date October 2008 A canal ring is the name given to a series of canal s that make a complete loop. Origin of the Term Whilst there have ... Canal and Peak Forest Canal from closure as part of the Cheshire Ring . ref cite web title The Cheshire ... Ring Rochdale Canal , Ashton Canal , Peak Forest Canal , Macclesfield Canal , Trent and Mersey Canal , Bridgewater Canal Four Counties Ring Trent and Mersey Canal , Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal , Shropshire Union Canal , Middlewich Branch , Wardle Canal Warwickshire ring BCN Main Line , Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal , Trent and Mersey Canal , Coventry Canal , Birmingham and Fazeley Canal , Coventry Canal , Grand Union Canal The Pure Warwickshire it isn t really version ... more details
Alexandra Canal may refer to Alexandra Canal, Australia , in Sydney, New South Wales Alexandra Canal, Singapore , see List of rivers of Singapore geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Canal usually refers to a human made waterway that connects existing natural bodies of water. For specific canals, refer to the lists of canals . The word canal may also refer to wiktionarypar canal Places Canal Flats, British Columbia , Canada Canal Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania , United States Canal Street , name of numerous roads and neighborhoods Canals, Tarn et Garonne , France Canals, Valencia , Spain Petit Canal , Guadaloupe Fjords Hood Canal Behm Canal Lynn Canal Portland Canal People Agust n de la Canal born 1980 , Argentine football player David Canal born 1978 , Spanish sprinter Esteban Canal 1896 1981 , Peruvian chess player Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697 1768 , Venetian painter, better known as Canaletto Maria Canals born 1966 , American actress Ram n Alva de la Canal 1892 1985 , Mexican painter Richard Canal born 1953 , French science fiction writer Other uses Canal Group , French film and television studio Canal 13 disambiguation , several television stations in South America Canal anatomy , numerous structures that connect parts of the human body Knallgas , sometimes misspelt as canal gas or canalgas, a term used in microbial metabolism Siphonal canal , an extension of the aperture in gastropod molluscs See also Channel disambiguation Calanque disambig an Canal be bg br Kanol ca Canal de Canal es Canal fr Canal fy Kanaal gl Canle it Canale nl Kanaal nds nl Knoal ja pt Canal desambigua o ru uk ... more details
, South Carolina . It is the focal point of the Riverfront Park in Columbia. The canal is now used to generate hydroelectric power by the SCANA South Carolina Gas & Electric Company South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. ref Wilbur Smith and Associates, The Columbia Canal Study , Columbia, SC, 1979?, 110 pp. ref ref Edgar, Walter, ed. The South Carolina Encyclopedia , University of South Carolina Press, 2006, p. 208, ISBN 1 57003 598 2 ref The Columbia Canal is on the National Register of Historic Places , No. 79002392. The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has additional pictures ... north of Senate St. South of Senate St., the canal was 18 ft 5.5 m wide and 4 ft 1.2 m deep ... extended the Columbia Canal upstream of Bull Sluice. In 1840, the State of South Carolina dropped its ... grist mill, and a saw mill. Portions of the 1824 canalsouth of Gervais St. survive today. Also parts ... canal workers that built the Columbia Canal. Known as the South Carolina Irish Memorial, this granite ...distinguish Columbia Canal British Columbia Infobox NRHP name Columbia Canal nrhp type image Columbia Canal Power Plant and Canal Races.jpg caption Columbia Canal Power Plant and Canal Races location E ... County, South Carolina nearest city Columbia, South Carolina lat degrees 34 lat minutes 01 lat seconds ... ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref mpsub governing body Columbia, South Carolina and SCANA South Carolina Electric & Gas Company South Carolina Gas & Electric Co. The Columbia Canal is the surviving canal of a series of canals built by the South Carolina State of South Carolina in 1824 using the labor ... of the Columbia Canal. ref and copies of the nomination forms. ref http www.nationalregister.sc.gov richland S10817740032 index.htm Columbia Canal nomination form. ref There are additional pictures, and information ... http lcweb2.loc.gov pp pphome.html Prints and Photographs Online Catalog Search for Columbia Canal ref History 1824 Canal In 1820, construction started on a canal to navigate the rapids where the Broad ... more details
Eastside Canal is an irrigation canal in Kern County, California Kern County , California . It originates from a common diversion at Manor Street in Bakersfield, California Bakersfield , which also serves the Carrier Canal and Kern Island Canal . The common diversion originates from the Kern River , about convert 1 mi south of Gordon s Ferry . The canal terminates south of Bear Mountain Bolivard California State Route 223 SR 223 , just west of Arvin, California Arvin . ref Darling, Curtis. Kern County Place Names . The Kern County Historical Society. 2003. ISBN 0 943500 18 4. Page 73. ref From the common diversion, the canal travels south, roughly parallel to the Kern Island Canal. After crossing California State Route 178 SR 178 Crosstown Freeway , it turns southeast. It continues southeast, running through the center of Lake Street. At Williams Street, the canal shifts south following the Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad s right of way. At Canal Street, the canal crosses the railroad tracks, but continues to travel southeast. At Fairfax Road, it turns south. It continues traveling roughly south, until it terminates near Arvin. References reflist Kern River Water Infastructure coord 35 18 17 N 118 54 16 W display title KernCountyCA geo stub Category Canals of Kern County, California ... more details
locks 14 o locks lock note elev elev note status Navigable nav British Waterways The Chester Canal was a canal linking the south Cheshire town of Nantwich with the River Dee, Wales River Dee at Chester ...Infobox Canal name Chester Canal image Chester Canal Basin Raymond Street Chester 2005 10 09.jpg caption Chester Canal basin, on the Wirral Line of the Ellesmere Canal, at Raymond Street, near the junction with the Chester Canal and the River Dee, Wales River Dee o name company Chester Canal Company ... and, beyond it, the sea via the Dee estuary. History The canal was instigated by an Act of Parliament in 1772, which authorised the construction of a canal to run from the River Dee, within the liberties ... and Mersey Canal was under construction. The canal was an attempt to reduce the perceived threat of the Trent and Mersey Canal from damaging the profitability of the Port of Chester and River Dee Navigation. The canal was a broad canal, designed with locks which were convert 80 ft by convert ... in delays to the building of the lock into the river. The canal was uneconomic, with limited outlets, and the company collapsed in 1787. ref name nic The impact of the Ellesmere Canal In 1790 the plans for the Ellesmere Canal were published, and the directors of the Chester canal saw this as a chance to make the canal profitable again, and to build the Middlewich branch. The canal was repaired and revived. ref name nic In 1805 the Wirral section of the Ellesmere Canal was completed, which linked the Chester canal with the River Mersey at Netherpool later renamed Ellesmere Port . The Northgate ... to the Ellesmere Canal s Wirral section, they were modified to a three chamber staircase, with a canal ..., and the two companies merged in 1813, to become the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Company. A new route to the south In 1825, the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal was authorised by an Act of Parliament, to construct a canal from Nantwich to a junction with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire ... more details
Infobox Canal name Fletcher s Canal image Clifton Pilkingtons Factory Fletchers Canal.jpg caption Fletcher s Canal showing Clifton Viaduct in the distance. Pilkington s factory is on the right. o name ... note start o start start note end o end end note branch branch of Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal join locks 2 o locks lock note elev elev note status Closed nav Fletcher s Canal was a convert 1.5 mi km adj on long canal in Greater Manchester , which connected the Wet Earth Colliery to the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal at Clifton Aqueduct . The canal is now derelict and no longer used. The canal was built on the south bank of the River Irwell through the area now known as Clifton Country Park . West of Pilkington s Lancastrian Pottery & Tiles Pilkington s long sections of the canal are evident, although none of these sections hold water. As the canal passes through Clifton Country Park a footpath ... in extremely poor condition. Image Fletchers canal looking north near the end.jpg thumb right The canal is now completely overgrown and almost lost. Image Fletchers Canal ruined boat.jpg thumb right A submerged boat on the canal bed, in 1986 History Between 1752 and 1756, James Brindley devised ... Fletcher began widening some of the original Brindley water Leat channels to create a new canal, latterly known as Fletcher s Canal. In 1799 Benjamin Outram installed a second lock along the canal, to avoid taking too much water. The canal construction was completed and navigable by 1800. In 1867 ... the canal was closed and abandoned. See also Portal UK Waterways Canals of Great Britain History of the British canal system Wet Earth Colliery Pilkington Lancastrian Pottery References Fletcher s Canal Reflist Bibliography Refbegin Refend External links Commons category Fletchers Canal http imr scenery.fotopic.net c1059593.html Images of Fletcher s Canal http www.mbbcs.org.uk Manchester Bolton and Bury canal society http www.penninewaterways.co.uk mbb index.htm Pennine Waterways Manchester Bolton ... more details
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