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Witham Navigation Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 885
Date: 1762-1867
Minutes of the Witham Navigation Company.
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Kensington Canal Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 895
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RAIL 895
Miscellaneous records of the Kensington Canal Company
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- RAIL 895
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Title (The name of the record)
- Kensington Canal Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1824-1852
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Kensington Canal Company
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Kensington Canal Company, 1824-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 file(s)
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- Topics
- Canals and river transport
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Kensington Canal was created by the Kensington Canal (Counter's Creek) Act 1824 (5 Geo IV, cap.lxv) which authorised the construction of a canal from the River Thames at Counter's Creek, Chelsea to Warwick Road.
The canal was opened on 12th August 1828 and was 1.75 miles long with a lock at the tidal entrance.
The West London Railway Company took over the canal in 1846. Under the powers of the West London Extension Railway Act 1859 the West London Railway was transfered to the London and North Western Railway and the canal to the West London Extension Railway.
In 1863 the section of the canal between Warwick Road and King's Road was closed, filled in and a railway laid on its site.
The remaining part of the canal continued in use until 1959 when the British Transport Commission obtained powers to close the section from King's Road to the tidal dock at the Thames.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13083/
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