Salisbury and Southampton Canal | |
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Specifications | |
Maximum boat length | 60 ft 0 in (18.29 m) |
Maximum boat beam | 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) |
Locks | 16 or 17 |
Status | Mainly destroyed |
History | |
Original owner | Proprietors of the Salisbury and Southampton Canal |
Principal engineer | John Rennie |
Date of act | 1795 |
Date of first use | 1802 |
Date closed | 1808 |
Geography | |
Start point | Salisbury |
End point | Southampton |
Connects to | Andover Canal, River Test, River Itchen |
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The Salisbury and Southampton Canal was intended to be a 13-mile long canal in Hampshire and Wiltshire, southern England. Its proposed route ran from Redbridge, now a western suburb of Southampton at the head of Southampton Water, to Salisbury, and connecting with the Andover Canal at a junction near Mottisfont. Another section, through Southampton, was to connect via a tunnel to the River Itchen. Part of the canal was built and was in use by 1803, but it closed amid financial failure in 1806.