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Clayton that through traffic of coal had continued to decline, and they rebuilt the locks at
Watford between November 1901 and February 1902. The work cost £5,545, as they were not widened, and wide-beam craft were never able to use the canal. Despite the failure of the scheme, the company recommended to the Royal Commission held in 1906 that a number of other canals should be upgraded to take 80-ton barges, and suggested that several other inclined planes should be built. In November 1908, the locks at Foxton were re-opened for night-time working, and the inclined plane officially stopped working in November 1910, although it is known to have worked intermittently until at least 1912. It was dismantled in 1926 and sold for scrap in 1928.
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1840:Kilby Bridge
1776:Junction of
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2504:OS Grid Ref
2497:Coordinates
2421:Hammersmith
1780:Navigation
1534:Evans Weir
1341:River Trent
1207:Development
1201:Welford Arm
1125:24 May 1810
1041:River Trent
1013:Northampton
952:Long Buckby
809:Watford Gap
763:M1 motorway
126:Long Buckby
111:Start point
88:Date of act
3349:Categories
3319:52°23′30″N
3038:References
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2368:main line
1907:Saddington
1778:River Soar
1506:Abbey Park
1329:River Soar
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1092:Long title
1049:Derbyshire
1009:River Nene
904:main line
3322:1°05′31″W
3002:Nicholson
2918:SP602656
2886:1°07′04″W
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2557:SP691897
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2352:Junction
1604:moorings
1602:Leicester
1152:50 Geo. 3
1108:50 Geo. 3
1005:Leicester
993:33 Geo. 3
121:End point
106:Geography
68:Navigable
3237:23 April
3004:(2003).
2928:See also
1247:Takeover
1103:Citation
1043:and the
1037:Midlands
2273:summit
2189:Welford
2092:summit
1225:⁄
1188:Welford
1007:to the
983:History
946:on the
940:England
862:bridge
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466:marina
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2493:Point
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1052:1805.
934:was a
172:Legend
115:Foxton
65:Status
2251:Crick
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1115:Dates
1011:near
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942:from
936:canal
608:19-22
244:(10)
57:Locks
3239:2012
3010:ISBN
2988:ISBN
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1339:and
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