Gloucester and Berkeley Canal

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The Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, now known as the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer and more direct navigation route between Gloucester and the Severn Estuary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
ship canal ⓘ
connects Gloucester ⓘ
Severn Estuary ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1790s ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crossesUnder Severn Bridge Railway (historical) ⓘ
Severn Railway Bridge (historical) ⓘ
designedFor ocean‑going vessels of the 19th century ⓘ
engineer James Dadford ⓘ
Robert Mylne ⓘ
followsWatercourse River Severn ⓘ
linked to: Severn
formerlyKnownAs Gloucester and Berkeley Canal ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
hasLock Gloucester Lock ⓘ
Sharpness Lock ⓘ
hasStructure high‑level bridges ⓘ
swing bridges ⓘ
hasTerminus Gloucester Docks ⓘ
Sharpness Docks ⓘ
heritageStatus historic waterway ⓘ
historicalSignificance improved access to Gloucester as an inland port ⓘ
supported industrial development in Gloucester ⓘ
length about 16 miles ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Gloucestershire ⓘ
maximumVesselType sea‑going ships ⓘ
navigationAuthority Canal & River Trust ⓘ
nearbySettlement Frampton on Severn ⓘ
Quedgeley ⓘ
Saul ⓘ
Sharpness ⓘ
notableFeature bypasses dangerous shoals of River Severn ⓘ
one of the earliest ship canals in Britain ⓘ
openingDate 1827 ⓘ
originalNameOf Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ⓘ
owner Canal & River Trust ⓘ
partOf British canal network ⓘ
purpose provide more direct navigation route ⓘ
provide safer navigation route ⓘ
region South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
status navigable ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
waterwayType ship canal ⓘ

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

Gloucester and Sharpness Canal → originalName → Gloucester and Berkeley Canal ⓘ
Cambridge Arms Bridge → partOf → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal infrastructure ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester and Berkeley Canal
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal → formerlyKnownAs → Gloucester and Berkeley Canal ⓘ
subject linked to: Gloucester and Berkeley Canal
Sellars Bridge → locatedIn → Gloucester and Sharpness Canal corridor ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester and Berkeley Canal