The Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation", was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further connection to Barrow Hill, near Worthington, in 1794
It marks the beginning of a period of history that saw the introduction of railways to supplement canals and, in the end, superseding them, leading eventually to the Midland Counties Railway. It was also one of the first uses of edge-rails for a wagonway.
(This should not be confused with the Charnwood Forest Railway.)
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The CharnwoodForestCanal, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation", was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further...
CharnwoodForest is a hilly tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky...
the much earlier railway that was part of the CharnwoodForestCanal. Stations on the CharnwoodForest Railway were located at Coalville East, Whitwick...
Rutland, 1846 - page 369 B. C. J. Williams - 'The Forest Line: An Exploration of the Lost CharnwoodForestCanal', Loughborough, 1975 J. A. Daniell - 'Bauble...
The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation)...
Reservoir. The first edge rails used in a wagonway were on the CharnwoodForestCanal, in the section between Nanpantan and Loughborough. Inside Nanpantan...
by animal power, and when canals became available, costs reduced considerably. The Ashby Canal and the CharnwoodForestCanal of the Leicester Navigation...
used by William Jessop on a line that was opened as part of the CharnwoodForestCanal between Loughborough and Nanpantan in Leicestershire in 1789. This...
edge rail and flanged wheels successfully for an extension to the CharnwoodForestCanal at Nanpantan, Loughborough, Leicestershire in 1789. In 1790, Jessop...
Swithland slate roof. Remains of a stretch of the long-abandoned CharnwoodForestCanal can be seen alongside a footpath to the south of the village, running...
of all-iron edge rail and flanged wheels for an extension to the CharnwoodForestCanal at Nanpantan, Loughborough, Leicestershire. In 1790, Jessop and...
being constructed on the steeper gradients within canals, as for instance on the CharnwoodForestCanal. Few believed that steel wheels on smooth steel...
1789 – The CharnwoodForestCanal, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation" uses railways to supplement the canal between Nanpantan...
LUF-bə-rə) is a market town in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council. At the 2021 Census...
had been first employed in 1789 at Nanpantan at the Loughborough CharnwoodForestCanal. Such rails could be manufactured in 3 ft (914 mm) lengths. Jessop...
Shepshed was briefly linked by canal to Loughborough, and to the coalmines of West Leicestershire when the CharnwoodForestCanal was opened in 1798, but success...
Hill N A T I O N A L F O R E S T CHARNWOODFOREST Ashby Canal G.U. Canal River Soar River Sence River Soar canal River Wreake The River Soar together...
Leicester Canal was opened, making the Soar navigable for almost 40 miles (64 km). The western line was also opened – this was known as the CharnwoodForest Branch...
Leicestershire. The reservoir was constructed in 1796 in order to feed the CharnwoodForestCanal, which has long since vanished. The first dam constructed was an...
Stewart, Samuel T. (2019). A History of the Coleorton Railway and the CharnwoodForestCanal. Self-published. Leleux (1976), pp. 99–100 Hartley, Robert (2010)...
Ashby and the other went towards Coalville Junction. In 1883, the CharnwoodForest Railway was opened, which extended the branch from Coalville Junction...
design which William had introduced in 1789 on a line used by the CharnwoodForestCanal between Loughborough and Nanpantan in Leicestershire. Most tramways...
lower hills, in the range 200 m (600 ft) - 300 m (1000 ft), include CharnwoodForest in Leicestershire, Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, and the Lincolnshire...
centre of Hinckley. The northern area of the borough also forms part of CharnwoodForest. The Geographical Centre of England is in the northwest of the borough...
altitude, together with lakes and reservoirs, rise in and around the CharnwoodForest north of Peterborough, Leicester, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds.[citation...
The neighbouring districts are Blaby, Oadby and Wigston, Leicester, Charnwood, Melton, Rutland, North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire and Rugby...
suburbs and city centre north of the Orne were captured during Operation Charnwood (8–9 July). The Caen suburbs south of the river were captured by the II...
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