Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,585 pages of information and 246,144 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Droitwich Barge Canal

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1771 The Droitwich Barge Canal was a broad canal which opened in 1771 linking Droitwich Spa to the River Severn at Hawford Mill, Claines. It was built to carry salt.

The Droitwich Canal was a synthesis of two canals in Worcestershire: the Droitwich Barge Canal and the Droitwich Junction Canal.

1939 Both canals were abandoned.

They have been the subject of a restoration plan since 1973, and the Barge Canal was officially reopened in 2010, while the Junction Canal reopened in July 2011.

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