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History by Waterway from Tamar Manure Navigation

Tamar Manure Navigation

See Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals for more information.

1794	George Bentley	Together with Thomas Bolton he proposed a level line from Moewellhamquay to Wrixhill, Dunterton, and to Launceston. These propsals were rejected and they came up with a different line.
1794	Thomas Bolton	Together with George Bentley he proposed a level line from Moewellhamquay to Wrixhill, Dunterton, and to Launceston. These propsals were rejected and they came up with a different line.
1795	James Murray	He was employed by John Rennie to resurvey the line which at Tamerton bridge or Launceston would join the Bude Canal.
August 1795	John Rennie	Having employed John Murray to resurvey the line he issued a preliminary report which envisaged the navigation joining the Bude Canal and ejoying a prosperous future.
December 1795	John Rennie	He approves the plans to improve the river by dredging where necessary and estimated the cost as £80,803.
1796	Authorised by an Act.
1796	John Rennie	He was asked his opinion on the works and was critical of the decision to deepen to 7 foot and build a basin at Nutstakes. He proposed that the canal section be 3 feet deep with a 20 feet width at the surface to take 10 to 12 ton boats if locks were used or 5 to 6 tons if inclined planes. Boats had to be kept small so they could use the inclined plans on the Bude Canal should a connection ever be made.
After August 1796	James Murray	He was employed to resurvey the section of canal to Horsebridge.
1929	Ceased to be navigable.

Tennant Canal

1821	Started in 1821, without any Act of Parliament.
1821	William Kirkhouse	He started work on cutting the canal as engineer
1823	Aberdulais Aqueduct, crossing the River Neath, was started in May 1823.
1824	Opened on 13 May 1824.
1832	William Kirkhouse	He reported that Charles Tennant was considering doing away with the little used lock to the River Neath at Red Jacket and "if there was any traffic likely to come that way to have a capstan with a carriage to take a barge on it from the river to the branch canal".
1851	Isambard Kingdom Brunel	As the railway company engineer he was in favour of a canal and railway junction with the Vale of Neath Railway at Aberdulais.
1853	James Abernethy	Produced a plan of Port Tennant
1887	James Abernethy	Co-wrote a report stating that except for a portion near the terminus the canal was obsolete.
1887	G B Bruce	Co-wrote a report stating that except for a portion near the terminus the canal was obsolete.

River Tone

See Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals for more information.

1638	Some of the river was made navigable around 1638.
1699	Improvements authorised by Act.
1707	Improvements authorised by Act.
1717	Opened for Navigation.
1832	The Bridgwater & Taunton Canal Co. Bought the river.
1929	There was traffic on the river until 1929.

Tremadoc Canal

1815	Opened about 1815.
1840	Replaced by a tramroad.

River Trent

See Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals for more information.

1699	Promoted by Act.
1699	Lord Paget William Paget	The main promoter in obtaining an Act to make the river navigable and to take a 3d a ton toll. The Act forbade the building of any wharf or warehouse between Nottingham Bridge and Burton without Lord Paget's permission.
After 1699	Lord Paget William Paget	Built locks at King's Mills and Burton Mills and made cuts and basins. He then leased the navigation to a man called Hayne.
After 1699	Hayne	Leased the navigation from Nottingham to Burton, the lease ending in 1762.
1748	Leonard Fosbrooke	Blocked the river at Wilden with his ferry rope, then built a bridge of boats and defended it with hired men, to stop a group of Nottingham merchants from using the river.
1749	Hayne	Sank a barge in King's Mill Lock, where it remained for 8 years, as part of his plans to preserve a monopoly of trade on the river.
1758	Henry Bradford	Proposed to make the rivers Trent and Tame navigable to Tamworth.
1761	John Smeaton	He said: "the present navigation is much obstructed by shoals and scours, insomuch that in several places, in the common state of the river in dry seasons, there is not above 8 inches depth of water, and that at such times, without the aid of flashes from King's Mills upon the Trent, and the lowest mills upon the Derwent, the navigation would then be impracticable".
1782	William Jessop	He was asked to survey the river to see what improvements to navigation could be made without building locks. He listed 67 shoals and thought that dredging to acheive a minimum depth of 2 feet was possible where there was a hard bed to the river. He also recommended several new cuts.
1782	John Smith	A state of the depths of water upon the shallows in the River Trent between Cavendish Bridge and Gainsboro as taken by William Jessop and John Smith
July 1782	Thomas Dadford junior	He and his father suryey the river down to Gainsborough and recommend locks, side cuts, dredging and a horse towing path.
July 1782	Thomas Dadford senior	He and his son, Thomas, suryey the river down to Gainsborough and recommend locks, side cuts, dredging and a horse towing path.
1783	Promoted by Act.
Early 1783	William Jessop	He was employed to survey the Trent above Burton and the rivers Tame and Anker and reported that they could be made navigable to Birmingham for wide boats at much less cost than the projected Birmingham & Fazeley Canal.
24 June 1783	William Jessop	He was appointed engineer to the new company set up by an Act just passed. He was to be paid £675 by instalments to complete authorised works.
4 September 1787	William Jessop	The navigation works were considered complete and he was paid the balance of his fee and appointed engineer at £100 a year.
July 1789	William Jessop	He made a suvey of the river at Sawley to estimate the cost of a side-cut. He recommended a cut and a lock.
1792	John Smith	Surveyed the river with William Jessop.
8 July 1793	William Jessop	He and Robert Whitworth reported on the on the state of the navigation and recommended improvements in preparation for a new navigation Act.
8 July 1793	Robert Whitworth	He and William Jessop reported on the on the state of the navigation and recommended improvements in preparation for a new navigation Act.
1794	Promoted by Act.
1794	William Jessop	He was continued as engineer by the new Trent company.
1869	W E Hopkin	He was appointed engineer-surveyor.
1878	F J Meyer	He attended a Trent shareholders meeting to explain his system of hauling boats by a wire rope on the bed of the river.
1881	Henry Rofe	He was appointed engineer and general manager.
1887	Frank Rayner	He joined the company as junior engineer.
1896	Frank Rayner	He became engineer and oversaw the deeping of Cranfleet Cut and one or two new craft launched.
1902	Sir Edward Leader Williams	Around this time he surveyed the river with a view to building new locks and other improvements to navigation.
1906	Promoted by Act.
Late December 1914	Frank Rayner	He left the company for service in the First World War.
October 1919	Frank Rayner	He returned from millitary service to face the problem of the end (on 31 August 1920) of the Government war subsidy and no powers to raise tolls.
April 1928	Frank Rayner	He resigned as engineer due to ill-health and was given a seat on the board and was appointed consulting engineer.
1968	Portrait of the River Trent by P Lord, Published by Robert Hale.
1974	IWA National Rally at Nottingham.
1996	The River Trent by Brian Lund, Published by Pictures of a Bygone Age - containing about 60 postcards fromthe first part of the 20th century.

Torrington Canal

1793	Mr Tozer	He surveyed a line for the canal.
1810	James Green	He prepared a plan for a canal from Torrington along the eastern side of the River Torridge past Weare Giffard to enter the river above Hallspill and oposite Landcross.
1823	James Green	He is appointed engineer and starts the cutting of the navigation with the Torridge river lock and basin.
1827	Not authorised by Act of Parliament. Opened in 1827.
1871	Closed about 1871.

Trewyddfa Canal

1794	Authorised by the Swansea Canal Act.
1796	Opened.
1873	Bought by the Great Western Railway in 1873 at the same time as they acquired the Swansea Canal.

Taunton - Uphill Canal project

1769	Robert Whitworth	He surveyed a line for the canal under James Brindley's supervision and produced routes from Topsham on the Exe or from Exeter past Cullompton or Tiverton to Wellington and Taunton. The Tone Navigation was the to be used to take craft to Burrow Bridge and from there a second canal would go past Bridgwater, Glastonbury, Wells and Axbridge to Uphill near Weston-Super-Mare.
1793	Josiah Easton	Surveyed a line for the canal.
Autumn 1793	William Jessop	He checked a survey made by Josiah Easton.

Tavistock Canal

See Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals for more information.

1802	Hitchins	He and John Taylor did a survey for the tub-boat canal and estimated the cost as £40,000.
1802	John Taylor	He and Mr Hitchins did a survey for the tub-boat canal and estimated the cost as £40,000.
1803	Authorised by an Act.
1803	John Taylor	Started work as engineer on the canal tunnel.
1817	Opened.
1873	Closed.

River Tyne

1778	John Smeaton	He briefly surveyed the river from Stella (four miles above Newcastle and a little below Newburn) up to Wylan with a view to making a cut but it was never built.
1880	The River Tyne: Its History & Resources by J Guthrie, Published by Andrew Reid - Covers bridge building and other improvements to the Tyne.
1930	The River Tyne, Its Trade & Facilities. An Official Handbook... by R W Johnson & R Aughton, Published by Andrew Reid - This illustrated handbook was issued by the Tyne Improvement Commission.

Upper Avon

1873	The last barge is said to have navigated this part of the river in 1873.
1963	An Inland Waterways Association member offers £80,000 to help restore navigation.
1964	IWA National Rally at Stratford-upon-Avon.
1965	The Upper Avon Navigation Trust was incorporated on 26 August.
1972	The Upper Avon Navigation Act passed making the Upper Avon Navigation Trust Ltd the navigation authority for the river.
1974	Official reopening of navigation on 1 June.

Ulverston Canal

See Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals for more information.

Early 1792	John Rennie	He surveyed the route and produced a plan for a 1 mile 3 furlongs ship canal from Hammerside point on the coast to the town. The estimated cost was £3,084 including a sea lock.
1793	Authorised by an Act.
1796	Opened in 1796.
1945	Abandoned.

River Ure

See Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals for more information.

After December 1766	John Smeaton	He surveyed the Ouse and Ure, using the earlier surveys of William Palmer and Richard Ellison, and proposed a lock at Linton and a canal from the Ure at Oxclose to Ripon.
1767	Promoted by an Act to extend the Yorkshire Ouse Navigation.
Early 1767	John Smeaton	He gave evidence to parliament for the Ure and Ripon Canal Act.
30 May 1767	William Jessop	The Act for the Ure and Ripon Canal was passed based on his survey.
1772	Navigation from Swale Nab to the Ripon Canal opened.
1800	George 1 Atkinson	Surveyed the route for a narrow canal from the River Ure, near Boroughbridge, to Piercebridge on the River Tees
1820	Promoted by an Act to extend the Yorkshire Ouse Navigation.

Wey and Arun Junction Canal

See Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals for more information.

1811	Francis Giles	Together with Netlam Giles he surveyed a route for a 37 mile canal from Croydon Canal to Newbridge in the Arun valley, passing through Merstham, Three Bridges, Crawley and Horsham.
1811	Josias Jessop	He was appointed consulting engineer and made an estimate of £72,217 for the canal, later part of the route was changed and the estimate was revised to £86,132.
1811	Netlam Giles	Together with Francis Giles he surveyed a route for a 37 mile canal from Croydon Canal to Newbridge in the Arun valley, passing through Merstham, Three Bridges, Crawley and Horsham.
1813	Promoted by an Act.
July 1813	May Upton	He began work on building the canal as resident engineer.
1816	Opened.
1867	The Thames to Solent by Canal and Sea by J B Dashwood, published in 1868, Account of a voyage in 1867 through the Wey & Arun Junction canal to the sea at Littlehampton shortly before the canal was closed.
1868	The Thames to Solent by Canal and Sea by J B Dashwood, published in 1868, Account of a voyage in 1867 through the Wey & Arun Junction canal to the sea at Littlehampton shortly before the canal was closed.
1871	Closed.
1973	London's Lost Route to the Sea by P A L Vine, Published by David & Charles - Inland Waterways History series.

Worcester and Birmingham Canal

See Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals for more information.

1790	Josiah Clowes	Did a survey for a broad canal around this time.
1791	Promoted by an Act.
1791	John Snape	He, together with Josiah Clowes, surveyed the line of the canal.
1794	Thomas Cartwright	Was engineer on the canal at this date.
1798	Promoted by an Act.
Mid 1799	Benjamin Outram	At the request of the company he gave his opinion on a proposal that the line to Worcester should be completed as a tramroad.
1804	Promoted by an Act.
Early 1805	Thomas Cartwright	Secured a contract to finish the canal from Hopwood wharf to the entrance of the cutting leading to Tardebigge Tunnel.
1808	Promoted by an Act.
Early 1808	John Woodhouse	The company agreed to trial an experimental boat lift that he had invented. Woodhouse was to errect this at his own cost and the company was to pay for excavation and masonry.
24 June 1808	John Woodhouse	His 12 foot boat lift at Tardebigge was ready for trials. A wooden tank holding water and a narrowboat weighing 64 tons was counter balanced by a platform loaded with bricks, the two connected by eight chains running over cast-iron wheels.
Early 1809	Thomas Cartwright	He was paid for the work done under his contract.
July 1809	John Woodhouse	Appointed engineer in succession to Thomas Cartwright.
July 1809	Thomas Cartwright	Due to ill health he left the post of engineer and was succeeded by John Woodhouse.
Mid 1811	William, Junior Crosley	Appointed engineer.
February 1811	William Jessop	He was called in to advise about the decision to abandon the idea of using boat lifts at Tardebigge. He favoured the lift because of his doubts about water supply and the high costs of pumping.
May 1811	John Rennie	He was called in to report on the Tardebigge lift which he found to work but needed to be carefully attended and he thought would not be robust enough for gereral use on the canal.
Late 1813	William, Junior Crosley	He completed the main work on the two reserviors at Cofton and King's Norton.
1815	Opened.
1815	Promoted by an Act.
1815	John Woodhouse	His Tardebigge boat lift is replaced by a lock.
1825	H Jacobs	He produced plans for a 4 mile branch from the Worcester to Alcester road to join the main line near Dunhampstead Tunnel. This branch was intended to serve the limestone quarries at Broughton Hackett near Upton Snodsbury but the Bill authorising it failed to pass.
October 1845	R Boddington	Began a survey on behalf of the canal company of a railway route between Birmingham and Worcester.

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.