Wilts & Berks Canal

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Le canal de Wilts-et-Berks, en anglais Wilts & Berks Canal, est un canal d'Angleterre, qui part d'Abingdon et joint le , mettant la Tamise en communication avec le canal Saint-Georges. Il a été construit de 1796 à 1810. Il tire son nom du fait qu'il traversait les comtés de Wiltshire et de Berkshire, même si la portion du Berkshire baignée par ce canal a été transférée en 1973 à l'Oxfordshire. * Portail des lacs et cours d'eau * Portail de l’Angleterre rdf:langString

The Wilts & Berks Canal is a canal in the historic counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, linking the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington, near Melksham, to the River Thames at Abingdon. The North Wilts Canal merged with it to become a branch to the Thames and Severn Canal at Latton near Cricklade. Among professional trades boatmen, the canal was nicknamed the Ippey Cut, possibly short for Chippenham. rdf:langString

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rdf:langString The canal near Rushey Platt, Swindon

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rdf:langString Under restoration

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rdf:langString Le canal de Wilts-et-Berks, en anglais Wilts & Berks Canal, est un canal d'Angleterre, qui part d'Abingdon et joint le , mettant la Tamise en communication avec le canal Saint-Georges. Il a été construit de 1796 à 1810. Il tire son nom du fait qu'il traversait les comtés de Wiltshire et de Berkshire, même si la portion du Berkshire baignée par ce canal a été transférée en 1973 à l'Oxfordshire. * Portail des lacs et cours d'eau * Portail de l’Angleterre

rdf:langString The Wilts & Berks Canal is a canal in the historic counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, linking the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington, near Melksham, to the River Thames at Abingdon. The North Wilts Canal merged with it to become a branch to the Thames and Severn Canal at Latton near Cricklade. Among professional trades boatmen, the canal was nicknamed the Ippey Cut, possibly short for Chippenham. The 52-mile (84 km) canal was opened in 1810, but abandoned in 1914 – a fate hastened by the collapse of Stanley aqueduct in 1901. Much of the canal subsequently became unnavigable: many of the structures were deliberately damaged by army demolition exercises; parts of the route were filled in and in some cases built over. In 1977 the Wilts & Berks Canal Amenity Group was formed with a view to full restoration of the canal. Several locks and bridges have since been restored, and over 8 miles (13 km) of the canal have been rewatered.

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