Andover Canal

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The Andover Canal was a canal built in Hampshire, England. It ran 22 miles (35 km) from Andover to Redbridge through Stockbridge and Romsey. The canal had a fall of 179 feet (55 m) through 24 locks, and for much of its length paralleled the River Anton and River Test.

The canal was completed in 1794 at a cost of £48,000. The canal was never successful enough to pay a dividend until it closed in 1859, when income from the sale to Andover & Redbridge Railway ^[1] produced one. Much of the length of the canal was converted to a railway in 1865, and much of this railway has since also been abandoned. As a result, most traces of the canal have completely disappeared, although the remains of a stretch of the canal can still be seen between Timsbury and Romsey.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Russell, Ronald, Lost Canals and Waterways of Britain (1982), page 31 ISBN 0-7153-8072-9
2. ^ Andover Town Central (2000-2006). The Andover Canal. Retrieved February 9, 2006.