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Grand Union Canal (11457 bytes)
1: ...nion Canal at Braunston.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The canal at [[Braunston, Northamptonshire|Braunston]]]] 2: ...es for [[1 E5 m|217km (135 miles)]] and has 160 [[Canal lock|locks]]. 4: ... today's main line from London to Birmingham. The canal also has several arms to places including Leicest... 6: ...d and Braunston, was built as a 'wide' or 'broad' canal - that is, its locks were wide enough to accommod... 8: ...om Braunston to Birmingham were built as 'narrow' canals - that is, the locks could only accommodate a si... Union Canal (208 bytes) 1: '''Union Canal''' can refer to: 3: *The [[Union Canal (Scotland)|Union Canal]] in [[Scotland]]. 4: *The former [[Union Canal (Pennsylvania)|Union Canal]] in [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[United States]]. Grand Canal (468 bytes) 1: *The [[Grand Canal of China]] connects a series of rivers in [[China... 2: ...|Great Recycling and Northern Development (GRAND) Canal]] scheme proposed pumping fresh water from [[Jame... 3: *The [[Grand Canal of Venice]] is a major canal in [[Venice, Italy]]. 4: *The [[Grand Canal of Ireland]] is a canal linking [[Ringsend]] in [[Dublin]] to [[Limerick]... Union Canal (Pennsylvania) (7262 bytes) 1: ...ts of the canal remain, most notably the '''Union Canal Tunnel''', a hand-built engineering marvel that i... 4: ===The Canal Proposal=== 5: ...imore]] for the supremacy as a shipping port. The canal was backed by Philadelphia businessmen as a means... 7: From west to east, the route of the canal was to follow [[Swatara Creek]] upstream from Mid... 11: ...ize money, with only 270,000 dollars reaching the canal companies. Union Canal (Scotland) (1501 bytes) 1: ...] to Falkirk where it meets the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]]. 3: ...ithgow Canal Societies promote general use of the canal and hire rowing and long boats. 5: ...e Falkirk end of the canal to the Forth and Clyde canal again in the year 2000 with the [[Falkirk Wheel]]... 7: ...e [[soliton]] was first demonstrated on the Union Canal in [[1838]]. The new [[aqueduct]] over the Edinb... 9: ...t before the Falkirk Wheel) and Scotland's only [[canal tunnel]]. Shropshire Union Canal (1249 bytes) 1: ...r_Norbury_Junction.JPG|thumb|The Shropshire Union Canal near Norbury Junction]] 2: ...Mersey]]. It has been described as the last trunk canal route to be built in England, being completed in ... 4: ...eted by the northern extremity of the [[Ellesmere Canal]]. 6: ...nkment incorporating an [[aqueduct]] carrying the canal across the main Nantwich-Chester road. Further so... 8: [[Category:Canals in the United Kingdom]] Hertford Union Canal (946 bytes) 1: ...Union Canal''' is a short stretch (c. 1.5km) of [[canal]] in the [[London Borough of Hackney]] in north-e... 3: ...al junction.jpg|thumb|Confluence of Herford Union Canal and River Lea Navigation]] 5: ...on]], utilising a short stretch of the [[Regent's Canal]]. 7: ...ccess, it was eventually acquired by the Regent's Canal Company in [[1857]]. 10: *[[Canals of the United Kingdom]] Grand Canal of China (5852 bytes) 1: ...ina''' (known as Jinghang Canal or Jinghang Grand Canal, 京杭大運河, or ... 3: ...tangjiang River|Qiantangjiang]] rivers. The Grand Canal starts north in [[Beijing]] and ends south in Han... 5: ... length 850 miles. After leaving [[Hangzhou]] the canal passes round the eastern border of the [[Lake Tai... 7: ...t at high water). Between Suzhou and Jinjiang the canal is often over 100 feet wide, and its sides are in... 9: ...its bed; while the country east is lower than the canal, The two regions are known respectively as Shangh... Grand Canal of Venice (1204 bytes) 1: ...rand_canal_venice.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy]] 3: The '''Grand Canal''' is [[Venice]]'s largest [[waterway]]. It forms... 5: ...a Salute]] stands at the junction between the two canals. 9: Because most of the city's traffic goes along the Canal rather than across it, there are only three bridg... 11: ...|Aerial view of Venice, showing the winding Grand Canal in the middle]] Grand Western Canal (1567 bytes) 1: The '''Grand Western Canal''' is a [[canal]] between [[Tiverton]] and [[Taunton]] in the [[U... 3: ...ol Channel with the English Channel by building a canal from Taunton to [[Topsham]]. The plan was propose... 5: ...th the single inclined plane. This section of the canal, from Taunton to [[Lowdwells]], was abandoned in ... 11: *[[Canals of the United Kingdom]] 14: [[Category:Canals in the United Kingdom]] Grand Canal of Ireland (871 bytes) 1: ....ie/1986_3.html Canals Act, 1986] transferred the canal to the [[Office of Public Works]]. 3: ... [[Dublin]] is the [[Royal Canal of Ireland|Royal Canal]] on the [[Northside (Dublin)|Northside]] of the ... 7: ...History%20of%20the%20Grand%20Canal.html The Grand Canal: A History] Liskeard and Looe Union Canal (293 bytes) 1: ... The canal is just over 5 miles long and has 25 [[canal lock|locks]]. The Engineer was [[Robert Coad]]. 3: [[Category:Canals in the United Kingdom]] Grand union (1069 bytes) 1: ''See also: [[Grand Union Canal]], [[Grand Union]] supermarket'' 3: ...150px|Track arrangement of a street railway Grand Union]] 4: ...merica]]n [[street railway]] practice, a '''grand union''' is a [[rail track]] [[junction]] where two two... 8: ...York|New York City]], did not have a single grand union. The most extensive surviving street railway syst... Grand Union (567 bytes) 1: ...ed dance works. Dance artists involved with Grand Union include: Grand union flag (441 bytes) 1: ...rmy on New Years Day, 1776. On that day the Grand Union Flag was proudly raised on Prospect Hill in Somer... Union Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan (2589 bytes) 1: ...p|township]] in [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Mich... 15: [[Category:Grand Traverse County, Michigan]] Union Township, Union County, New Jersey (2639 bytes) 1: ...ct (New Jersey)|Walsh Act]] township located in [[Union County, New Jersey]]. As of the [[2000]] census,... 16: Union is the birthplace of [[Artie Lange]], [[Ray Liott... 17: [[Category:Union County, New Jersey]] Union Township, Union County, Pennsylvania (2484 bytes) 1: '''Union Township''' is a township located in [[Union County, Pennsylvania]]. As of the [[2000]] censu... 15: [[Category:Union County, Pennsylvania]] Talking Union & Other Union Songs (499 bytes) 1: ''[[Talking Union & Other Union Songs]]'' is a [[1941]] album by the [[Almanac Si... 4: *"Roll the Union On" 5: *"Casey Jones (The Union Scab)" 8: *"Join the Union" 11: *"Union Maid" Freedom Union-Democratic Union (748 bytes) 2: ...erns in coalition with the [[Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party]] and the [[Czech S...
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