Bridgwater : Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
Introduction
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Bridgwater : Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
Image: © Lewis Clarke Taken: 20 Feb 2016
Despite commercial traffic ceasing in 1907, the infrastructure was maintained in good order, and the canal was used for the transport of potable water from 1962. The Countryside Act 1968 provided a framework for Somerset County Council to start the restoration of the canal as a leisure facility, which was completed in 1994, when the canal was reopened throughout.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.123655
Longitude
-3.003033