Thames and Medway Canal

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The Thames and Medway Canal was a 19th-century waterway in southeast England built to provide a direct navigable link between the River Thames and the River Medway, parts of which later became incorporated into railway infrastructure.

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instanceOf 19th-century canal ⓘ
canal ⓘ
builtFor shorter route between London and Medway towns ⓘ
connects River Medway ⓘ
River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames
constructionEnd 1824 ⓘ
constructionStart 1800 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor commercial navigation ⓘ
military transport ⓘ
endPoint Higham ⓘ
Strood ⓘ
engineeringFeature long brick-lined tunnel ⓘ
hasCurrentUse sections used as drainage channels ⓘ
sections used for angling ⓘ
sections used for recreational walking ⓘ
hasHeritageInterest local industrial archaeology ⓘ
hasRemnant visible canal sections near Higham ⓘ
visible canal sections near Shorne Marshes ⓘ
hasStructure Higham Tunnel ⓘ
historicalEra Industrial Revolution ⓘ
length approximately 7 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Kent ⓘ
southeast England ⓘ
navigationDecline mid-19th century ⓘ
navigationStatus no longer a through navigation ⓘ
near Hoo Peninsula ⓘ
openingDate 1824 ⓘ
originalOwner Thames and Medway Canal Company ⓘ
partlyIncorporatedInto Gravesend and Rochester Railway ⓘ
linked to: Gravesend West Line

South Eastern Railway ⓘ
railway infrastructure ⓘ
purpose provide direct navigable link between River Thames and River Medway ⓘ
railwayConversionDate 1840s ⓘ
railwayUse canal tunnel converted for railway use ⓘ
region North Kent Marshes ⓘ
replacedBy railway transport ⓘ
startPoint Gravesend ⓘ
status partly disused ⓘ
partly infilled ⓘ
tunnelLength about 3.5 kilometres ⓘ
tunnelName Higham and Strood Tunnel ⓘ
waterSource local streams and marsh drainage ⓘ
waterwayThrough Thames Estuary area ⓘ
linked to: Thames Estuary
waterwayType ship canal ⓘ

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Thames and Medway Canal → hasName → Thames and Medway Canal ⓘ