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British Waterways


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  • Variants

    • Great Britain. British Waterways
    • Scotland. British Waterways
    • Scotland. Scottish Canals
    • Dyfrffyrdd Prydain
    • BW (British Waterways)
  • Additional Information

    • Descriptor

        Administrative agencies
    • Associated Locale

        Great Britain
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Field of Activity

      Waterways

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  • Sources

    • found: British Waterways. Annual report and accounts, 1996/97:p. 1 of cover (British Waterways)
    • found: Newyddion Camlas Maldwyn, Rhifyn 3 (gwanwyn 2003):caption (Dyfrffyrdd Prydain = British Waterways)
    • found: Partnership with the people, 1999:t.p. (British Waterways) p.3 (under the provisions of the Scotland Act 1998, responsibility for British Waterways' activities are being transferred to the Scottish Executive) p.5 (the Transport Act 1962 created the British Waterways Board)
    • found: BL auth. file, 9 Sept. 2004("Board" dropped in 1990)
    • found: Its website, 25 Sept. 2012(until July 2012 British Waterways was the public corporation that cared for the 2,200-mile network of canals and rivers in England, Scotland and Wales; on 2 July 2012, British Waterways ceased to exist in England and Wales and in its place Canal & River Trust was set up to care for 2,000 miles of historic waterways; in Scotland British Waterways continues to exist as a legal entity caring for the canals under the trading name 'Scottish Canals' and remains a public body responsible to the Scottish Government)
    • found: Wikipedia, 25 Sept. 2012(British Waterways, BW, was a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom; it served as the navigation authority for the majority of canals and a number of rivers and docks in England, Scotland and Wales until 2 July 2012)
    • found: Scottish Canals website, viewed 3 October 2019:about us (The British Waterways Board, operating as Scottish Canals, continues in Scotland as a stand alone public body following the transfer of the functions of the British Waterways Board in England and Wales to the Canal & River Trust on 2nd July 2012. Following the approval of The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 ("the BW Order") Scottish Canals assumed responsibility and accountability for the Scottish Canals) contact page; Head Quaters are based in Scottish Canals HQ Canal House Applecross Street Glasgow G4 9SP; with offices in Inverness and Ardrishaig)
    • notfound: Its The future of the waterways, 1964.
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  • Change Notes

    • 1999-06-16: new
    • 2019-10-08: revised
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