Andover Canal

Andover Canal
Remains of the Andover canal near Romsey
Specifications
Length	22 miles (35 km)
Maximum boat length	65 ft 0 in (19.81 m)
Maximum boat beam	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Locks	24 (level dropped 179 ft (55 m))
Status	Railway built over route
History
Former names	Andevor Canal
Original owner	Andover Canal Navigation Company
Principal engineer	Robert Whitworth
Date of act	1789
Date of first use	1794
Date closed	1859
Geography
Start point	Andover
End point	Southampton Water
Connects to	Salisbury and Southampton Canal

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Legend
River Anton, Andover Andover Wharf 9 locks (Andover - Stockbridge) Fullerton River Anton aqueduct River Test aqueduct Stockbridge Kings Somborne 8 locks (Stockbridge - Romsey) Salisbury and Southampton Canal Kimbridge Romsey 6 locks (Romsey - Redbridge) Redbridge Salisbury and Southampton Canal Entrance lock Salisbury - Southampton Road Southampton Water

The Andover Canal (formally, the Andevor Canal) was a canal built in Hampshire, England. It ran 22 miles (35 km) from Andover to Redbridge through Stockbridge and Romsey. The canal had a fall of 179 feet (55 m) through 24 locks, and for much of its length paralleled the River Anton and River Test. It opened in 1794, but was never a commercial success. The only dividend paid to shareholders was in 1859, using the proceeds from the sale of the canal to the London and South Western Railway, who bought it to lay a railway line along much of its course. The railway line is now also defunct.