Thames and Severn Canal

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The Thames and Severn Canal is a historic English waterway that once linked the River Thames to the River Severn across the Cotswolds, playing a key role in regional trade during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
builtFor commercial freight traffic ⓘ
closedToThroughTraffic early 20th century ⓘ
connectsWith River Severn ⓘ
linked to: Severn

River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames
constructionStart 1783 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentUse heritage and wildlife corridor ⓘ
partial leisure navigation ⓘ
declineReason competition from railways ⓘ
high maintenance costs ⓘ
engineer Josiah Clowes ⓘ
Robert Whitworth ⓘ
formsLinkIn Cotswold Canals ⓘ
hasPart Daneway Locks ⓘ
Inglesham Lock ⓘ
Sapperton Tunnel ⓘ
hasStructure aqueducts ⓘ
locks ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
heritageStatus historic canal ⓘ
highestPoint Sapperton summit level ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
length about 29 miles ⓘ
about 47 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Cotswolds ⓘ
lockType narrow locks ⓘ
maximumBoatWidth narrowboat gauge ⓘ
nearbySettlement Brimscombe ⓘ
Chalford ⓘ
Lechlade ⓘ
notableFeature one of the earliest cross-country canals in southern England ⓘ
openingDate 1789 ⓘ
partOf English canal network ⓘ
passesNear Cirencester ⓘ
Stroud ⓘ
passesThrough Gloucestershire ⓘ
primaryCargo building materials ⓘ
coal ⓘ
timber ⓘ
restorationOrganisation Cotswold Canals Trust ⓘ
restorationStatus under restoration in sections ⓘ
status disused ⓘ
terminus Inglesham ⓘ
Wallbridge, Stroud ⓘ
linked to: Stroud
waterSource Cotswold springs ⓘ
River Frome feeders ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thames Head → nearInfrastructure → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Trewsbury Mead → hasNearbyFeature → Thames and Severn Canal (disused) ⓘ
linked to: Thames and Severn Canal
River Frome (Gloucestershire) → hasCanal → Thames and Severn Canal (connected via Stroud) ⓘ
subject linked to: River Frome
linked to: Thames and Severn Canal
Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England → traversedBy → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England → hasTransportHistory → Thames and Severn Canal navigation ⓘ
linked to: Thames and Severn Canal
Thames and Severn Canal (disused) near Radcot → partOf → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Brimscombe → hasWaterway → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Chalford → traversedBy → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Sapperton → locatedNear → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Coombe → locatedNear → Thames and Severn Canal (disused) ⓘ
linked to: Thames and Severn Canal
Stroudwater Navigation → joins → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Stroudwater Navigation → hasJunctionWith → Thames and Severn Canal at Wallbridge ⓘ
linked to: Thames and Severn Canal
Sapperton Tunnel → partOf → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Sapperton Tunnel → waterway → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Sapperton Tunnel → associatedWith → Thames–Severn waterway link between the River Thames and River Severn ⓘ
linked to: Thames and Severn Canal
Inglesham Lock → locatedOn → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Inglesham Lock → waterway → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Daneway Locks → locatedOnWaterway → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Daneway Locks → partOf → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Daneway Locks → isPartOf → Thames–Severn waterway route ⓘ
linked to: Thames and Severn Canal
Sapperton summit level → partOf → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Sapperton summit level → highestSectionOf → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Sapperton summit level → historicalCanal → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Cotswold springs → feeds → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Cotswold Canals Trust → operatesOn → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Cotswold Canals → includes → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Cotswold Canals → hasPart → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Cotswold Canals → notableSection → Thames and Severn Canal summit level ⓘ
linked to: Thames and Severn Canal
Josiah Clowes → notableWork → Thames and Severn Canal ⓘ
Josiah Clowes → associatedWith → Thames and Severn Canal project ⓘ
linked to: Thames and Severn Canal