Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation

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Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation is a man-made canalised waterway in Essex, England, built to provide a navigable route between Chelmsford and the tidal River Blackwater at Maldon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canalised waterway
navigation
connects Chelmsford NERFINISHED
River Blackwater NERFINISHED
connectsTo tidal River Blackwater at Maldon
constructionStartDate 1793
country England
endpoint Heybridge Basin NERFINISHED
engineer John Rennie the Elder NERFINISHED
followsRiver River Blackwater NERFINISHED
River Chelmer NERFINISHED
hasBasin Heybridge Basin NERFINISHED
hasFeature cuttings
embankments
locks
weirs
hasLock Beeleigh Lock NERFINISHED
Cuton Lock NERFINISHED
Hoe Mill Lock NERFINISHED
Little Baddow Lock NERFINISHED
Paper Mill Lock NERFINISHED
Rushes Lock NERFINISHED
Sandford Lock NERFINISHED
Springfield Lock NERFINISHED
hasTowpath yes
historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution NERFINISHED
length approximately 13.8 miles
locatedIn Essex
locatedInDistrict Chelmsford district NERFINISHED
Maldon district NERFINISHED
locatedNear Chelmsford NERFINISHED
Maldon NERFINISHED
managingOrganisation Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Company NERFINISHED
numberOfLocks 13
openingDate 1797
originalUse commercial freight transport
primaryUse leisure boating
recreation
region East of England
status open
terminus Chelmsford NERFINISHED
Maldon NERFINISHED
usedFor angling
canoeing
narrowboats
walking
waterwayType inland waterway

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River Chelmer (via nearby junctions and structures) connectedTo Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation
subject surface form: River Chelmer
River Chelmer (via nearby junctions and structures) partOf Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation
subject surface form: River Chelmer
this entity surface form: Chelmer–Blackwater river system
River Chelmer partOf Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation
this entity surface form: River Chelmer and Blackwater navigation
River Chelmer associatedWith Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation
this entity surface form: Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Company