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The Kennet & Avon was completed in 1810.

The Wilts. & Berks. Canal
The Wilts. & Berks. was proposed in 1793 to link the Kennet & Avon Canal at Semington near Melksham to the River Thames at Abingdon. Building began at Semington in 1795 and the Wilts. & Berks. reached Chippenham in 1798, Swindon in 1804 and Abingdon six years later. It included six miles of branches to Calne, Chippenham, Longcot and Wantage

Dorset & Somerset Canal
In the late 18th century, it was proposed to join the Kennet and Avon Canal near Bradford in Somerset, to the river Stour in Dorset to join the river Stour just to the east of Shillingstone. From here the Stour was, or could be made, navigable to barges to Christchurch Harbour. A branch of the canal was to be built from Frome to the Somerset coalfield to bring the coal cheaply to Dorset. Apart from part of the Frome section which was never opened, the Dorset & Somerset Canal was never built.

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circa 1723		Completion of the River Kennet Navigation Canal (High Bridge, Reading - Newbury, Berks.) It was purchased by the Kennet and Avon Canal Co in 1812
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1727		Opening of the River Avon Navigation Canal from Hanham Mills, between Bath and Bristol, to Bath, Somerset It was purchased by the Kennet and Avon Canal Co in 1796
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1793		Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal proposed to link the Kennet and Avon Canal to the river Thames at Abingdon
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1794		Building of the Kennet and Avon Navigation Canal authorised by Act of Parliament

1796		Purchase of the River Avon Navigation Canal by the Kennet and Avon Canal Co

1810		Kennet and Avon Canal opened from Bath to Newbury, linking the Bristol Channel to the Thames at Reading
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1812		Kennet and Avon Canal Co purchases the River Kennet Navigation Canal (High Bridge, Reading - Newbury, Berks.)

1814		First dividend paid by the Kennet and Avon Canal Co.

1841.Jun.14		Opening of the GWR London to Bristol railway line, the first train reaching Bristol in 4 hours and travelling on to Bridgewater on the Bristol to Exeter line. Opening of the railway rapidly caused a drop in traffic on the Kennet and Avon Canal
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1852		Purchase of the Kennet and Avon Canal by the Great Western Railway
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by 1924		Great Western Railway attempts to close the Kennet and Avon Canal
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1950.May.31		Docks and Inland Waterways Executive closes the Kennet and Avon Canal until further notice
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1951		Formation of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust

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Honeystreet Wharf

The canal barge builders Robbins, Lane and Pinnegar was established in 1812 by Ebenezer Lane, Samuel Pinnegar and Samuel Robbins at Honeystreet Wharf. They made canal barges which were used as far away as the Midlands and trows for the river Severn. Waste oak chippings from the boatyard were sent, by canal, to to Harris's of Calne (Wilts.) for use in smoking bacon. Robbins, Lane and Pinnegar closed in the 1940s.

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