Coventry Canal

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The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Coventry Canal canonical 3
Coventry Canal branch 1
Leicester Line canals 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
narrow canal
completedIn 1790
connectsTo Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
Oxford Canal
Trent and Mersey Canal
constructionMaterial brick
earth
constructionStart 1768
country England
currentUse leisure boating
recreation
endPoint Fradley Junction
engineer James Brindley
era 18th century
gauge narrowboat gauge
hasHeritageStatus part of UK inland waterways heritage
hasJunctionWith Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
surface form: Birmingham and Fazeley Canal at Fazeley Junction

Oxford Canal
surface form: Oxford Canal at Hawkesbury Junction

Trent and Mersey Canal at Fradley Junction
hasLockFlight Atherstone Locks
hasStructure bridges
locks
wharves
historicalUse coal transport
goods transport
industrial transport
length 38 miles
61 kilometres
locatedIn Coventry
Staffordshire
United Kingdom
Warwickshire
West Midlands
managedBy Canal & River Trust
surface form: Canal and River Trust
numberOfLocks 13
openingDate 1769
originalPurpose to link Coventry with the Midlands canal network
partOf Midlands canal network
passesThrough Atherstone
Bedworth
Nuneaton
Polesworth
Tamworth
startPoint Coventry Basin
status navigable
waterwayType narrow canal

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Brindley notableWork Coventry Canal
Grand Union Canal formedByMergerOf Coventry Canal
this entity surface form: Leicester Line canals
Grand Union Canal hasPart Coventry Canal
this entity surface form: Coventry Canal branch
Oxford Canal connectsTo Coventry Canal