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	Grand Weston Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This was helped along by the distant Kennet and Avon Canal company who bought up Grand Western shares after being disappointed by the failure of the Dorset and Somerset Canal which would have linked with their waterway near Bath.
		Apart from lime the main canal trade turned out to be coal from Taunton but it had to be brought by road for the first 11 miles to Holcombe Rogus from where it travelled on the canal into Tiverton.
		The canal basin and terminus of the Tiverton Branch is on the south east side of the town close to the junction of the two minor roads coming in from Butterleigh and Manley.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/grandweston.htm (3946 words)

	Canalcuttings - Online canal magazine - Canal Societies
		Chelmer Canal Trust - Chelmer Canal Trust, formerly the Friends of the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, is a voluntary group whose main aims are to preserve the waterway from Chelmsford to the sea and to enhance the quality of its public enjoyment and appreciation.
		Stratford Canal Society - The Stratford upon Avon Canal Society was formed in 1956 with the main aim of securing the future of the southern section of the canal from Lapworth to Stratford.
		Wey and Arun Canal Trust - After the canal was abandoned in the late 1800s, it fell into dereliction until a group of enthusiasts formed a Canal Society in 1970, and then the present Wey and Canal Trust in 1973, with the object of restoring the canal for navigation.
	www.canalcuttings.co.uk /canal-societies.html (1464 words)

	BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON CANAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In Somerset the River Parrett at Bridgwater and the River Tone at Taunton were both navigable for many years prior to the building of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal...
		It was reported that SCC were planning to spend £15,000 on the canal during 1972, £5,000 of which was to raise the height of some of the bridges.
		The canal restorers, BW and the Somerset County Council should be praised for their many years of work in bringing back to life one of the UK’s nicest "country canals".
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/bridgwatertaunton.htm (4329 words)

	History by Waterway from Cromford Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The whole of the rest of the canal, except for half a mile, was abandoned in 1944 and the final stretch to Langley Mill in 1962.
		The canal itself was to be 66 feet wide at the surface, 30 feet at the bottom and 12 feet deep.
		The dimensions of the canal were to vary according to the ground conditions the width varying from 48 to 84 feet at the surface, 25 to 48 feet at the bottom and the depth from 13 to 14 feet.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/History7.html (2660 words)

	Dorset and Somerset Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dorset and Somerset Canal was a proposed canal in the south west of England, linking Poole, in Dorset with the Kennet and Avon Canal near Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, which would then connect to Bath, Somerset.
		It was intended to have a branch from Frome to the southern reaches of the Somerset coalfield at Nettlebridge, and in fact construction began on that in order to capitalise on the lucrative coal transport and cloth for clothing manufacture in Frome.
		The coalfield branch was to incorporate novel balance locks designed by James Fussell, owner of the nearby Mells ironworks, to move boats up and down a hillside near Buckland Dinham, where the Murtry Aqueduct remains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dorset_and_Somerset_Canal (181 words)

	The English & bristol Channels Ship Canal Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rennie's Grand Western Canal (just to the west) was struggling to "make ends meet" and the Dorset and Somerset Canal (to the east) had already run out of money with only a few miles of unnavigable canal constructed.
		The new canal was proposed to run from Stolford on the Bristol Channel within Bridgwater Bay to Beer near Seaton on the south coast.
		A canal short cut would have been a welcome haven for sailing boats but, with its many locks and high tolls, it was far from attractive to powerful steam ships.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/englishandbristol.htm (729 words)

	The Somerset coal canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Act of Parliament for constructing this canal was passed in 1794, and it was opened for traffic in 1811; it was ten and a half miles long to the point where it reached Dundas Aqueduct, the junction with the Kennet and Avon Canal.
		The owners of the canal refused to invest further money in repairing the caisson, but with help from the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Wilts and Berks Canal, £45,000 was raised, and in 1802 Parliament sanctioned the building of a series of 21 locks by which the height difference of 140 feet was overcome.
		The building of the Somerset and Dorset line diverted the coal from the Radstock pits and the laying of a track from Camerton to Bristol by the G.W.R. sounded it’s death knell.
	www.itimsbury.net /somerset_coal_canal.htm (760 words)

	Dorset & Somerset Canal
		The route authorised in 1796 went from the Kennet and Avon Canal somewhere near Bradford-on-Avon southwards to near Sturminster Newton, with an 11 mile branch from Frome to Nettlebridge Colleries.
		The iron master, James Fussell, of Mells, patented in 1798 a "balance lock" or Boat Lift (new pics (May 2003)), and a trial 20ft lift for the Dorset and Somerset Canal was built at Barrow Hill (1900 OS Map), near Frome.
		The canal bed disappears as it crosses a field but a short stretch can be seen on the far side, before it disappears into a cutting which was intended to be a tunnel.
	rtjhomepages.users.btopenworld.com /dscanal.html (1660 words)

	Somerset Genealogy
		The Somerset Archive and Record Service (The Somerset Record Office) can be found in Tuanton and is open Monday 10.30am - 5.00pm, Tuesday - Thursday 9am - 5.00pm, Friday 9am - 4.00pm, and alternate Saturdays 9.15am - 12.15pm.
		Bristol and Somerset Mailing List: for anyone with an historical or genealogical interest in the city of Bristol or county of Somerset.
		David Smart's Family and Social History in Frome, Somerset includes material for the Ancient Hundred of Frome and the adjacent Liberties of East Cranmore, Leigh upon Mendip, Mells and Witham Friary and the Peculiar of Buckland Dinham.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/SOM (1339 words)

	INTRODUCTION
		In 1796, however, after the Canal Mania of the years 1793-5 and when interest in canal building was declining, an Act was obtained to construct the Grand Western Canal from the river Tone at Taunton to Topsham on the Exe estuary, with branches to Tiverton and CuIlompton.
		The B. and E. made full use of the canal and the docks, but when taken over by the GWR the canal was neglected, though it still survives as part of a flood relief scheme, and is used by small pleasure boats and canoes.
		During the Canal Mania in 1793 this plan was revived as a Chard Canal with connections to Bristol, and in 1809 the plan was again discussed as the English and Bristol Channels Canal at a meeting in Chard.
	www.somerset.gov.uk /archives/ASH/Canals.htm (2440 words)

	Destinations UK - The Canals of Britain
		It was in 1759 that the Duke decided to build a short canal to link his coal mines at Worsley with the River Irwell, which led directly into Manchester, a big industrial city with an increasing appetite for coal to both power the mills and warm the workers.
		There were two concentrated periods of canal building, from 1759 to the early 1770's and from 1789 to almost the end of the eighteenth century.
		Many canals made significant profits, but some never made a penny for shareholders, and others like the Dorset and Somerset Canal were simply abandoned during construction.
	www.historic-uk.com /DestinationsUK/Canals.htm (1072 words)

	Doctor's Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Dorset and Somerset Canal : A canal that was only partly completed and was abandoned around 1803.
		Covers Caledonian Canal, Crinan Canal, Forth and Clyde Canal, River Clyde (Bowling to Dumbarton), Monkland Canal, Union Canal, River Leven and Loch Lomond.
		Linlithgow Union Canal Society : Linlithgow is on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal which is 31½ miles long and links the centre of Edinburgh to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Doctors-Canal.html (1861 words)

	Towns and Villages in Dorset.
		Dorset Pages is a comprehensive local directory for Dorset.
		If you run a website that covers "Towns and Villages in Dorset" and are based in Dorset you can submit your details for free in our Towns and Villages in Dorset section.
		The Dorset & Somerset Canal was planned to connect the Bristol and English Channels by building a canal from Bath to Poole, via Wincanton & Frome...
	www.dorset-pages.co.uk /Dorset/more2.html (272 words)

	The Somerset & Dorset Railway - History
		The Somerset and Dorset Railway was the result of the amalgamation of the Somerset Central, and The Dorset Central Railways on the 1st of September 1862.
		The Dorset Central Railway was worked by the London and South Western Railway, mainly because of this, the track was laid to 'narrow gauge', as opposed to the SCR's 'broad gauge' system, with the LandSWR taking 60% of the gross receipts, with stock provided by the Somerset Central Railway.
		After talks between the LandSWR and Midland Railway, in August 1875 the line became a 'Joint' line from the 1st of November 1875 with an act of Parliament confirming the agreement on the 13th of July 1876, with the LandSWR and Midland Railway having equal obligations and entitlements under the lease.
	www.sdjr.net /sd_history.html (1009 words)

	British Isles- Specific Canals & Waterways
		Ashton Canal - Stockport Branch - infilled in 1962
		Beverley Beck Canal - flows from the River Hull near to the centre of the historic town of Beverley.
		Canals in Tameside (Peak Forest, Ashton, and Huddersfield Narrow) - from the Tameside Metropolitan Borough
	www.canals.com /biwaterway.htm (776 words)

	A Topographical Dictionary of England: Dorset Location Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The archdeaconry of Dorset is co-extensive with the diocese of Bristol, and comprises the whole of this county.
		The church of Fordington is partly in the Saxon style: those of Dorchester, Sherborne, Milbourne, Rapisham, Weymouth, and Shaftesbury, are venerable buildings, but this county cannot boast of many ancient ecclesiastical edifices.
		Dorset gives the title of duke to the family of Sackville.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /Genealogy/lewis/loc_index.htm (2494 words)

	Wessex Waterway Network
		During the nineteenth century coal from the Somerset Coal-fields produced much of the traffic for the complete network.
		Today the Somerset Coal Canal Society is working to preserve some of the important structures on the canal.
		The canal continues to take commercial traffic and hence pleasure boaters will have to take care.
	www.wessexwaterways.org.uk (555 words)

	Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust is dedicated to all matters relating to the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and its associated undertakings.
		Museum and facilities at Washford on the West Somerset Railway.
		If any material has been used inadvertently without permission or attribution the Trustees of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust will be pleased to receive information with a view to correcting this in further updates.
	www.sdrt.org.uk /index.html (411 words)

	UK Waterways Links
		Canal Junction - the comprehensive canal guide and business directory An attractive and well-designed gateway to canals and businesses associated with them.
		Peak and Potteries Canals formerly Pennine and Potteries...
		Canal Boat Adventure Project A charity with boats available for youth groups and school parties.
	www.nb-whisper.com /canallnks.html (2641 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In June 1940, at a meeting in the County Hotel, Taunton, between various building firms and the Army, the decision was taken to commence work immediately on the Taunton Stop Line, a continuous anti-tank obstacle that would stretch from the north coast of Somerset down to Seaton in Devon.
		The defensive structures along the Stop Line were built by private contractors and Army personnel, with absolute priority being given to the supply of building materials.
		This website is concerned mainly with WWII defensive structures that still exist on the Taunton Stop Line in Somerset, Devon and Dorset and those still existing in the rest of Somerset.
	www.somersetpillboxes.co.uk (836 words)

	W&BCT - Branches - Bath & Bristol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This was a joint venture with the Wilts and Berks Canal Trust, the Cotswold Canals Trust, the Somerset Coal Canal Society, the Mon and Brecon Trust and the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Society.
		Each society had a display and sold badged goods relating to their own canal such as T-shirts with logos, badges, pens etc..
		The Wilts and Berks Canal Trust was well represented by a fair number of the Bath and Bristol branch, and I believe Jan Flanagan was also there.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /doug.info/Trust/branches/bath_bri-reports.htm (1342 words)

	North Somerset Heritage Trust (North Somerset Railway) Somerset, UK- About the Route (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sections of the failed Dorset and Somerset Canal can be found along this part of the route.
		Nearby, the unique flight of balanced locks on the ill-fated Dorset and Somerset Canal can be found.
		The North Somerset Railway Company intends to build a station by the "Cheese and Grain" building right in the heart of Frome.
	www.northsomersetrailway.com /route.php (765 words)

	.:: Bridgwater and Taunton Canal :: Roots :: dindorp.co.uk ::.
		.:: Bridgwater and Taunton Canal :: Roots :: dindorp.co.uk ::.
		Their greatest problem was that their waterway suffered badly from droughts and floods while the well controlled canal could
		Welcome to Canals and Waterways: Roots and Routes, the website dedicated to the history and routes of Britain's Inland Waterways.
	www.dindorp.co.uk /BridgwaterTaunton/somerset4u_BandT_Roots.htm (4394 words)

	North Somerset Heritage Trust (North Somerset Railway) Somerset, UK- Project Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The North Somerset Heritage Trust is the body which has been established to support the creation of The North Somerset Railway, an exciting new rail link which will put Radstock firmly back on the map by re-connecting the town with the national rail network at Frome in Somerset, UK.
		The North Somerset Railway will not only greatly improve transport options for local people, it will also offer unrivalled opportunities for tourism and leisure, with heritage and steam powered trains.
		Rather than fossilising the area simply as a museum, the project will work with other businesses to ensure that the impetus generated produces spin-off benefits for the communities in respect of shops, catering, accommodation, other services and industries, as well as enhancement of the built and natural environment.
	www.northsomersetrailway.com /project.php (493 words)

	IWA : Local Waterway Organisations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Skip the main content if you do not want to read it as the next section.
		The Montgomery Canal: A sustainable restoration - Summary document
		Skip the search form if you do not want to read it as the next section.
	www.waterways.org.uk /Partners/LocalOrganisations (241 words)

	Links on Waterways Interactive the online directory of canal and river services
		canal canals river rivers waterway waterways boating routes interactive locations reference pub boatyard public house canalside pub waterside narrowboat photo photos picture picture boat yard
		Waterways Interactive is a one stop, searchable, reference of the navigable waterways of England and Wales.
		It is designed to appeal to boaters, walkers, cyclists and other waterway enthusiasts interested in planning a trip along our beautiful network of canals and rivers.
	www.waterwaysinteractive.com /docs/links/links.asp (170 words)

	Property wanted in Dorset, Dorset Property England. uktradingpost.co.uk.
		Retiring craftsman and partner want plot with buildings planning for single home with garden within 10 miles of the sea in Devon, Dorset, Somerset.
		Desperately seeking home, we are looking to locate to Dorset and we are in need of a 4 bed roomed house or bungalow up to 260.000 we have children so we do need fairly large bedroom sizes.
		Land with woodlands wanted, to build one private house in Devon / Dorset /Somerset area, would prefer land that has some woodland with it,and has no restrictions to build one house.
	www.westcountrylinks.co.uk /forsale/property/dorsetw.htm (772 words)

	Southampton Canal Society - Waterway Events
		Kennet and Avon CT "The Dorset and Somerset Canal" by Derrick Hunt.
		Surrey and Hampshire CS "The canals de l'Est and the Rhone au Rhin" - an illustrated talk by Robin Higgs.
		Visit to Fussell's Balance lock on The Dorset and Somerset Canal at Mells near Frome.
	www.whitenap.plus.com /events.htm (626 words)

	Attractions, Lodgings & Accommodation in Norton Radstock, Somerset :: radstock4u.com
		To make this become a reality is beyond the scope of one person - it'll need your active participation with Info about your interest, your hobby, or your neighbourhood being shared with the community at large on these pages.
		The Great Western Railway and the Somerset and Dorset Railway both established stations and marshalling yards at Radstock and a wagon works located itself right beside Radstock Pit, on the way to Writhlington.
		Coking ovens were established in Coombend, which provided the town with gas and the steel works in the Midlands with coke.
	www.radstock4u.com /Main.htm (1396 words)

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