Wisbech Canal | |
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Specifications | |
Locks | 2 |
Status | Infilled |
History | |
Original owner | Wisbech Canal Company |
Date of act | 1794 |
Date closed | 1926 |
Geography | |
Start point | Wisbech |
End point | Outwell |
Connects to | River Nene, Middle Level Navigations |
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The Wisbech Canal was a broad canal from Wisbech, Isle of Ely in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire, England. It ran from the River Nene at Wisbech to the Well Creek at Outwell now in Norfolk, which gave access to the River Great Ouse. It was abandoned in 1926 and filled in during the 1970s.