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- Grand_Contour_Canal abstract "The Grand Contour Canal in England and Wales was intended to enhance and upgrade the British canal system, but was never built. This canal was proposed in 1943, and again ten years later, by J F Pownall . Mr Pownall observed that there was a natural 'contour' down the spine of England, around the 300 ft level that connected several of the most populated areas. He put forward the idea that this contour could be used to define the course of a large European sized canal which contained no locks except at its entry and exit points. It would also serve as a water grid capable of distributing domestic water supply around England as need arises.The proposal would have accommodated 300-ton continental-size barges. Feeder conduit canals at the same contour level would have been used to bring water into the system from North Wales, The Pennines and the South West Peninsula.It was also named The Three-hundred-foot Canal for its height above sea level, 310 feet (94 m). It was to be 100 feet (30 m) wide by 17 feet (5.2 m) deep, with 25 feet (7.6 m) headroom.It was intended to connect the major industrial centres of London, Bristol, Southampton, Coventry, Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby, Chester, Manchester, Blackburn, Bradford, Hartlepool and Newcastle, with vertical lift locks at the nine termini, having tanks 250 feet (76 m) by 35 feet (11 m) by 14 feet (4.3 m) draught. A 6-mile (9.7 km) long tunnel was proposed between Airedale and Ribblesdale.The scheme was intended both for transport and for a water supply grid, for water distribution is a major problem in London and South East England.In 2012 the scheme was brought back to attention after Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, showed his support for the scheme as a way to transport water from the higher, and wetter, areas of Wales, Scotland, and northern England to the 'breadbasket' of the south east. A maximum flow of water of some 2,000 cu ft/s (57 m3/s) anywhere in either direction was visualised, sourced from the Northern Pennines 800 square miles (2,100 km2), the Dee, the Severn and the Wye 1,040 square miles (2,700 km2) and Exmoor 160 square miles (410 km2).".
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- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Airedale.
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- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_in_England.
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- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_England.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Chester.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Contour_line.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Coventry.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Craig_Goch_Dam.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Derby.
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- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Exmoor.
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- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Lift_lock.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink List_of_canals_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Liverpool.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink London_water_supply_infrastructure.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Longdendale_Chain.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Longdendale_Reservoir.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Manchester.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Masonry_dam.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Mayor_of_London.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Newcastle_upon_Tyne.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink North_Pennines.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink North_Wales.
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- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Nottingham.
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- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Reservoir.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Ribblesdale.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink South_East_England.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink South_West_Peninsula.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Southampton.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink The_Pennines.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Thirlmere.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Wales.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Water_supply.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Water_supply_network.
- Grand_Contour_Canal wikiPageWikiLinkText "Grand Contour Canal".
- Grand_Contour_Canal hasPhotoCollection Grand_Contour_Canal.
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- Grand_Contour_Canal subject Category:Canals_in_England.
- Grand_Contour_Canal subject Category:Proposed_canals.
- Grand_Contour_Canal subject Category:Proposed_transport_infrastructure_in_England.
- Grand_Contour_Canal subject Category:Proposed_transport_infrastructure_in_Wales.
- Grand_Contour_Canal subject Category:Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_England.
- Grand_Contour_Canal comment "The Grand Contour Canal in England and Wales was intended to enhance and upgrade the British canal system, but was never built. This canal was proposed in 1943, and again ten years later, by J F Pownall . Mr Pownall observed that there was a natural 'contour' down the spine of England, around the 300 ft level that connected several of the most populated areas.".
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