General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Canal |
|---|
Awards and Distinctions
| 2000 |
for registered users |
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Location
| km | Name |
Technical Information
Cost
| cost of construction | Pound sterling 461 760 |
Chronology
| 1965 | Formal closure of the canal by an Act of Parliament. |
|---|---|
| May 2002 | Reopening of the canal by Queen Elizabeth II as part of the Millennium Link project restoring the Union Canal and the Forth and Clyde Canals. |
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1942): Emergency Repairs to Weedon Embankment on the Grand Union Canal, 1939. In: Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 19, n. 2 (December 1942), pp. 128-132.
- (2009): Realizing the Dream: The Union Canal. In: Civil Engineering Magazine, v. 79, n. 3 (March 2009), pp. 42-43.
- (2000): Regeneration of the Forth & Clyde and Union canals, Scotland. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, v. 138, n. 2 (May 2000), pp. 61-72.
- (2015): Repairs to the Llangollen arm of the Shropshire Union Canal. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering History and Heritage, v. 168, n. 4 (November 2015), pp. 150-166.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
10000536 - Published on:
04/08/2004 - Last updated on:
07/05/2024


