Waterway restoration in the United Kingdom Waterway restoration
1 waterway restoration in united kingdom
1.1 waterways under restoration
1.2 waterway restoration groups in united kingdom
1.3 completed restoration schemes
waterway restoration in united kingdom
excavation work @ salwarpe on droitwich canal during 1978 waterway recovery group summer work camp.
due competition railways , narrow design of uk canals (which prevented carriage of economically sized bulk loads), large parts of uk s canal system abandoned in late 19th , 20th centuries. rise of leisure industry in 1950s meant complete abandonment of remaining canals avoided.
the increasing use of canals leisure purposes led people consider restoring of had been abandoned. @ first, progress slow due lack of funding, of work having done manually volunteers.
as leisure industry grew, economic benefits of having canal became more apparent , state funding started appear. @ same time public interest increased size of various volunteer groups.
at present time, canal restoration in uk carried out mixture of volunteers , professionals working on large variety of projects.
waterways under restoration
a lock on droitwich canal undergoing restoration
waterway restoration groups in united kingdom
gough s orchard lock on thames & severn canal undergoing restoration waterway recovery group
completed restoration schemes
waterways listed in chronological order of re-opening. have been re-opened, (such grand western canal , basingstoke canal) partially complete have no current plans work on rest of line.
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