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Grand Union Canal (old)
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This article is about original Grand Union Canal. For the modern canal that includes this canal, see Grand Union Canal.
The Grand Union Canal was a canal in England from Foxton, Leicestershire on the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal to Norton Junction, close to Long Buckby Wharf on the Grand Junction Canal.[1] It now forms the first 23 miles (37 km) of the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal.[2]
Quick Facts Old Grand Union, Specifications ...
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![]() The narrows below Welford Lock was once the site of a swing bridge | |
Specifications | |
Locks | 18 |
Status | Navigable |
Navigation authority | Canal & River Trust |
History | |
Date of act | 1810; 214 years ago (1810) |
Geography | |
Start point | Foxton |
End point | Norton Junction, near Long Buckby |
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