Mainline Canal Mapbook
North Wilts Canal Mapbook
1820, North Wilts Canal Mapbook. Credit: Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre Ref: 2424/47.
This canal terminated at Eastcott Swindon.
William Whitworth estimated a cost of £60,000, the final cost was £59,750.
Map included in the 1795 Act
Credit: Wilts and Berks Canal Plans, 1795, Parliament’s Archive Collections, HL/PO/PB/3/plan1794to1795/W2
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Severn Junction Canal
1810, Severn Junction Canal. Credit: Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre Ref: 947-2195
William Whitworth estimated a cost of £62,000 if the canal terminated at Swindon wharf or £60,000 if terminated at Eastcott.
The final decision was to terminate from Eastcott so this map route was not constructed.
Bristol Junction Canal
1811, Bristol Canal Junction. Credit: Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre Ref: 947-2196.
The estimated cost of the Bristol Junction is not known, but it would have been a difficult and expensive line to build, involving some 70 locks.
