Midlands canal network

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The Midlands canal network is an interconnected system of historic inland waterways in central England that played a key role in the region’s industrial transport and trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal network ⓘ
inland waterway system ⓘ
connectsTo London canal network ⓘ
Manchester canal network ⓘ
northern English waterways ⓘ
southern English waterways ⓘ
containsStructureType aqueducts ⓘ
canal basins ⓘ
locks ⓘ
towpaths ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentUse heritage conservation ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
urban regeneration ⓘ
declineCause expansion of railways ⓘ
growth of road transport ⓘ
developmentBegan late 18th century ⓘ
economicImpact facilitated regional trade ⓘ
supported Midlands industrialisation ⓘ
hasPart Ashby Canal ⓘ
Birmingham Canal Navigations ⓘ
Chesterfield Canal ⓘ
Coventry Canal ⓘ
Erewash Canal ⓘ
Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Llangollen Canal ⓘ
Oxford Canal ⓘ
River Severn navigation ⓘ
River Trent navigation ⓘ
Shropshire Union Canal ⓘ
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal ⓘ
Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
Worcester and Birmingham Canal ⓘ
heritageStatus many sections are listed structures ⓘ
historicalFunction coal transport ⓘ
finished goods distribution ⓘ
industrial freight transport ⓘ
raw materials transport ⓘ
locatedIn Midlands ⓘ
central England ⓘ
managedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
notableCityServed Birmingham ⓘ
Coventry ⓘ
Leicester ⓘ
Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ
Wolverhampton ⓘ
partOf British canal system ⓘ
peakUsage 19th century ⓘ
significantPeriod Industrial Revolution ⓘ

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Coventry Canal → partOf → Midlands canal network ⓘ
Grantham Canal → region → Midlands canal network ⓘ
Northampton Arm → partOf → Grand Union Canal network ⓘ
linked to: Midlands canal network
Grand Junction Canal → connectedTo → Midland canal network ⓘ
linked to: Midlands canal network
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal → region → Midlands waterways network ⓘ
linked to: Midlands canal network
Little Venice → partOfWaterwayNetwork → Grand Union Canal network ⓘ
linked to: Midlands canal network
Coventry Basin → partOf → Coventry canal network ⓘ
linked to: Midlands canal network
Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury Junction → connectsRegion → Warwickshire waterways network ⓘ
linked to: Midlands canal network
Langley Mill Basin → waterwaySystem → Midlands canal network ⓘ