This section lists somerset canals. A branch was to go from the main line at frome to the southern reaches of the somerset coalfield at nettlebridge.
The main line was intended to link poole dorset with the kennet and avon canal near bradford on avon wiltshire a branch was to go from the main line at frome to the southern reaches of the somerset coalfield at nettlebridge construction of the branch started in 1786 using boat lifts rather than locks to cope with.
Dorset and somerset canal. The main line was intended to link poole in dorset with the kennet and avon canal near bradford on avon wiltshire. The canal was to be 49 miles long from the kennet avon canal between bradford and bath to sturminster newton on the river stour. The canal was to be 49 miles long from the kennet avon canal between bradford and bath to sturminster newton on the river stour.
Bridgwater canal chard canal dorset somerset canal glastonbury canal grand western canal kennett avon canal somerset coal canal westport canal. The somerset coal canal originally known as the somersetshire coal canal was a narrow canal in england built around 1800 its route began in basins at paulton and timsbury ran to nearby camerton over two aqueducts at dunkerton through a tunnel at combe hay then via midford and monkton combe to limpley stoke where it joined the kennet and avon canal. A branch was to go from the main line at frome to the southern reaches of the somerset coalfield at nettlebridge.
The dorset somerset canal was proposed at a time when a number of plans were being made to link the english channel to the bristol channel. It was intended to be built from bradford on avon near bath to poole dorset. Dorset somerset canal history.
The dorset somerset canal was planned to connect the bristol and english channels and to connect the counties of dorset somerset into the canal network. Rennie s grand western canal just to the west was struggling to make ends meet and the dorset somerset canal to the east had already run out of money with only a few miles of unnavigable. The dorset somerset canal was proposed at a time when a number of plans were being made to link the english channel to the bristol channel.
Construction of the branch started. The dorset and somerset canal was a proposed canal in southwestern england. The stour would then take the route to the coast at christchurch.
The dorset and somerset canal was a proposed canal in the south west of england. The main line was planned to run from the kennet avon canal southwards through frome wincanton and. Albert street bridge.
Descriptions photographs and maps of individual canals can be found from menu on the right or from the top navigation menu. The main line was intended to link poole dorset with the kennet and avon canal near bradford on avon wiltshire. The dorset and somerset canal was a proposed canal in southwestern england.
