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A canal boat has travelled along a stretch of waterway in Worcestershire for the first time in about 80 years. The boat travelled along the 250-year-old Barge Canal in Droitwich, which has been restored as part of a £12m project. British Waterways said it meant a vision to create a 21-mile (33.8 km) cruising . . . → Read More: First boat on restored Barge Canal in Droitwich Droitwich was one of the first places to benefit from the canal building boom The 37-year campaign by the Droitwich Canals Trust to restore the canal has been praised by British Waterways. The restoration of the town’s Barge Canal is due for completion in 2010. The opening of the short linking Junction Canal in . . . → Read More: The Droitwich Canals Trust is praised for its work Museum status granted for 800-year-old flint mill VOLUNTEERS who maintain an historic water mill are celebrating after it became Staffordshire’s newest fully accredited museum. Cheddleton Flint Mill was built more than 800 years ago and, after starting life as a corn mill, went on to play a vital role in grinding flint for the . . . → Read More: Cheddleton Flint Mill gains museum status |
During the WWII Britain's gold reserves were secretly transported by canal barge to Liverpool, before being shipped to Canada #canalfactoid
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