2020

SP2998 : 'Flair' on the Coventry Canal

taken 4 years ago, near to Atherstone, Warwickshire, England

'Flair' on the Coventry Canal
'Flair' on the Coventry Canal
Narrowboat 'Flair' passes under the West Coast Main Line through bridge 44A.
Coventry Canal

The Coventry Canal enabling Act was passed in 1768 to connect Coventry with the Trent and Mersey Canal. Coventry to Bedworth was completed in 1769 for the revenue earning coal traffic but by 1771 when the canal reached Atherstone all authorised capital had been spent and James Brindley the first engineer was sacked. The canal didn't reach Fazeley, 12 miles short of its intended terminus, until 1790. The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal continued along the proposed line of the Coventry Canal to Whittington brook. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Grand Trunk Canal Co.) completed the section to Fradley and later sold it to the Coventry Canal which explains the disjointed section. It was one of the most profitable canals ever built in Britain paying dividends up to 1947. Coventry basin to Fradley junction is 38 miles with 13 locks.


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Stephen McKay   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 9 September, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 10 September, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 2980 9856 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:35.0422N 1:33.6969W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 2983 9854
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