Grand Union Canal

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canal waterway

The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.

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Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal → waterway →
connects	Birmingham → London →
constructionPeriod	late 18th century to early 19th century (original constituent canals) →
country	United Kingdom →
crosses	Chiltern Hills (via Tring Summit) →
formedByMergerOf	Grand Junction Canal → Leicester Line canals → Warwick and Birmingham Canal → Warwick and Napton Canal →
hasLock	Foxton Locks → Hatton Locks → Stoke Bruerne Locks → Watford Locks →
hasPart	Aylesbury Arm → Coventry Canal branch → Erewash Canal connection → Grand Junction Canal → Leicester Line → Northampton Arm → Paddington Arm → Regent's Canal (linked at London end) → Slough Arm → Wendover Arm →
hasTunnel	Blisworth Tunnel → Braunston Tunnel →
highestPoint	Tring Summit →
historicallyCarried	building materials → coal → manufactured goods →
inception	1929 →
length	approximately 137 miles → approximately 220 kilometres →
locatedIn	England →
managedBy	Canal & River Trust →
passesThrough	Coventry (via branch) → Hemel Hempstead → Leamington Spa → Leicester → Milton Keynes → Northampton → Warwick → Watford →
primaryBoatType	narrowboat →
region	Midlands → South East England →
status	navigable →
superlative	longest canal in the United Kingdom →
terminus	Birmingham → Brentford →
usedFor	historical industrial transport → leisure boating → narrowboat cruising →
waterwayNetwork	British canal network →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brentford → Brentford → Stratford-upon-Avon ("Grand Union Canal (nearby connection)") →	hasCanal
Boston Manor Park → Brentford Dock →	adjacentTo
Berkhamsted → Milton Keynes →	hasFeature
Boston Manor Park → Kensal Green Cemetery →	hasView
Brentford Dock →	connectsTo
River Colne ("Grand Union Canal (multiple points)") →	crossedBy
River Great Ouse →	hasCanalConnection
Brentford Lock →	locatedOnWaterway
Maida Vale →	near
River Colne →	paralleledBy
Brentford Lock ("Grand Union Canal network") →	partOf
Berkhamsted →	transportLink
Paddington →	traversedBy