canals meaning Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/canals-meaning Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:33:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 BRITAIN’S EARLIEST CANAL? http://toursmaps.com/britains-earliest-canal.html http://toursmaps.com/britains-earliest-canal.html#respond Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:30:50 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=241903 The site of the nation’s first ‘Cut’ is a subject that gets rival tourist boards hot under the collar, and there are at least two main contenders. The Bridgewater Canal, so instrumental in the growth of Manchester as an industrial powerhouse, is thought to be the first, opened in 1761. Northern Ireland’s Newry Canal is older, however, opened in 1742. In terms of waters adapted or cut as navigation channels, Exeter Ship Canal dates back much further, to the 1560s, while strictly speaking the Romans also created channels such as Foss Dyke for similar purposes. Perhaps we’d better let the

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