Thames and Severn Canal

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The Thames and Severn Canal is a historic English waterway that once linked the River Thames to the River Severn across the Cotswolds, playing a key role in regional trade during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
waterway
builtFor commercial freight traffic
closedToThroughTraffic early 20th century
connectsWith Severn
surface form: River Severn

Thames
surface form: River Thames
constructionStart 1783
country England
currentUse heritage and wildlife corridor
partial leisure navigation
declineReason competition from railways
high maintenance costs
engineer Josiah Clowes
Robert Whitworth
formsLinkIn Cotswold Canals
hasPart Daneway Locks
Inglesham Lock
Sapperton Tunnel
hasStructure aqueducts
locks
tunnels
heritageStatus historic canal
highestPoint Sapperton summit level
historicalPeriod 18th century
19th century
length about 29 miles
about 47 kilometres
locatedIn Cotswolds
lockType narrow locks
maximumBoatWidth narrowboat gauge
nearbySettlement Brimscombe
Chalford
Lechlade
notableFeature one of the earliest cross-country canals in southern England
openingDate 1789
partOf English canal network
passesNear Cirencester
Stroud
passesThrough Gloucestershire
primaryCargo building materials
coal
timber
restorationOrganisation Cotswold Canals Trust
restorationStatus under restoration in sections
status disused
terminus Inglesham
Stroud
surface form: Wallbridge, Stroud
waterSource Cotswold springs
River Frome feeders

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Thames Head nearInfrastructure Thames and Severn Canal
Trewsbury Mead hasNearbyFeature Thames and Severn Canal
this entity surface form: Thames and Severn Canal (disused)
River Frome hasCanal Thames and Severn Canal
subject surface form: River Frome (Gloucestershire)
this entity surface form: Thames and Severn Canal (connected via Stroud)