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Place    From 14/10/1824  To 1934

Thames and Medway Canal

Categories: Transport

Thames and Medway Canal

Also known as the Gravesend and Rochester Canal. It was originally 11 km (6.8 miles) long and cut across the neck of the Hoo Peninsula, linking the Rivers Thames and Medway. It was first intended as a shortcut for military craft from Deptford and Woolwich dockyards to Chatham, and later used for transporting hops and other locally grown produce. Because of various operational problems it fell into disuse. There are currently (2015) plans to renovate it.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Thames and Medway Canal

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William Tierney Clark - Fulham Reach

William Tierney Clark 1783 - 1852 {Beneath Clark's portrait and a representat...

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Michael Joseph Torpey

Michael Joseph Torpey

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1 memorial
DLR extension to Lewisham

DLR extension to Lewisham

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2 memorials
College Road Tollgate

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1 memorial
Bull and Mouth Inn

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Building, Commerce, Food & Drink, Transport

2 memorials
Turnpike trusts

Turnpike trusts

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1 memorial