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Droitwich Canal

Droitwich Canals
Hanbury locks.jpg
One of the Hanbury locks
Specifications
Maximum boat length 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
(originally 64 ft 0 in or 19.51 m)
Maximum boat beam 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
(originally 14 ft 6 in or 4.42 m)
Locks 14
Status Navigable
Navigation authority Canal and River Trust
History
Original owner Sir George Duckett
Principal engineer James Brindley
Date of act 1768
Date completed 1771, 1854
Date closed 1939
Date restored 2010 (Barge Canal)
Geography
Start point Hanbury
End point Claines
Connects to Worcester and Birmingham Canal, River Severn
Droitwich Canal
Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Westfields Bridge
1-3 Hanbury Locks (3)
Start of new section
new bridge to rugby club
4-5 new double lock
4-5 Old locks (2)
6 new lock
new footbridge
M5 motorway
Bromsgrove Road B4065
7 new lock and weir
Junction with River Salwarpe
canalised River Salwarpe
6 old lock
Junction with Barge Canal
Barge Lock
Netherwich Basin
Netherwich Bridge
Railway bridge
Netherwich Bridge(River)
railway
Salwarpe Road bridge
Siding Lane bridge
Wikipedia

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