Charnwood Forest Canal (England)
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found: Work cat: The Forest Line : an exploration of the lost Charnwood Forest Canal, 1976?introd. (the remains of the Charnwood Forest Canal or Forest Line as it was known in the 18th century)
found: Wikipedia, 7 Nov. 2011(the Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation", was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further connection to Barrow Hill, near Worthington, in 1794; the Forest Line was officially abandoned in 1846; the now derelict Charnwood Forest Canal)
found: Swannington Heritage Trust website, 7 Nov. 2011:transport, canals & tramways (between 1791 and 1794 the Charnwood Forest canal, a contour canal, was built to take coal from the mines of the village and neighbourhood to the River Soar in Loughborough; the canal went from nearby Thringstone to Nanpantan )
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2011-12-23: new
2014-04-21: revised
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