Binsted Brook
Introduction
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Binsted Brook
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 24 Oct 2010
Travelling through the old canal basin towards its confluence with the River Arun. The Arundel-Portsmouth canal was opened in 1823 from an original idea during the Napoleonic Wars by the Royal Navy to provide a link between Portsmouth and London without having to use the English Channel. Never a successful venture part of its raison d'etre was lost with the end of war in 1815 and whatever trade used it virtually ceased overnight with the coming of the railway in 1846. The last known cargo to use the canal was in 1847 and the bed had dried up by 1862. The only section to survive was the branch to Chichester which is still there today. The canal originally joined the confluence of the brook and the river at this point though only the basin now remains as a reminder.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.825597
Longitude
-0.576892