The Croydon Canal ran 9+1⁄4 miles (15 km) from Croydon, via Forest Hill, to the Grand Surrey Canal at New Cross in south London, England. It opened in...
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Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9.3 miles (15.0 km) south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government...
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Deptford, Clapham, Kingston, Ewell, Epsom, Mitcham and Croydon. A plan for a canal from Croydon to Wandsworth was thought to be impractical by William...
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and promoters put forward a scheme to link Croydon, then an industrial town, with London. The Croydon Canal of 1809 was moribund, and it was proposed to...
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Surrey Iron Railway (redirect from Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Railway)
successful only briefly, until shortly after the opening of the canal between Croydon and London in 1809. It closed in 1846. By the end of the eighteenth...
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Anerley (redirect from Anerley, Croydon)
being sold to the London and Croydon Railway Company for £40,250. London and Croydon Railway would use much of the former canal for the new railway line,...
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was the terminal basin of the Croydon Canal. The canal was drained and became part of the route of the London & Croydon Railway, opening on 5 June 1839...
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South Norwood (redirect from Croydon Sports Arena)
created after the reservoir for the unsuccessful Croydon Canal went out of use. It is used by the Croydon Sailing Club and local anglers who fish for carp...
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successfully on the Croydon Canal raising water from a lower to a higher level since June 1830. The economics of the Croydon Canal engine were interesting...
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along the canal route, an example being the Croydon Canal. A movement that began in Britain and France to use the early industrial canals for pleasure...
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