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The 'Croydon Canal' ran 9.25 miles ,(15 km) from Croydon via Forest Hill to the Grand Surrey Canal at New Cross in south London.
Authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1801, the canal was originally intended to extend northwards to Rotherhithe, but the simultaneous construction of the Grand Surrey Canal provided a convenient access route. It opened on 22 October 1809 The Canals of South and South East England, Charles Hadfield, , , , 1969, .
The Croydon Canal linked to the Croydon Merstham and Godstone Railway (itself connected to the Surrey Iron Railway), enabling the canal to be used to transport stone and lime from workings at Merstham. The canal was never extended further south-west, as was initially intended, to reach Epsom.
The canal was originally planned with two inclined planes but in the end 28 locks, arranged in two flights, were used instead. A reservoir was constructed at South Norwood to help keep the canal supplied with water. This still remains as South Norwood Lake in a public park. The canal was built to be 34 feet (10 m) wide. It had a maximum depth of 5 feet (1.5 m). By 1811 there were 22 barges on the canal. The barges were 60 feet (18 m) long and 9 feet (2.7 m) wide and could carry about 30 tons. The canal's main cargo was timber.
The canal was never a success and closed in 1836. It was the first canal to be formally abandoned by an Act of Parliament. Much of the alignment was used by the London & Croydon Railway Company (to whom the canal had been sold for £40,250) for part of the railway route that today links London Bridge railway station and West Croydon railway station - the latter stands on the site of the old canal basin. Remnants exist at the northern corner of Betts Park in Anerley, and - as a long curved pond - in a small nature reserve in Dacres Road, Forest Hill. The side of a lock is also visible in the high pavement in David's Road, Forest Hill.
Authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1801, the canal was originally intended to extend northwards to Rotherhithe, but the simultaneous construction of the Grand Surrey Canal provided a convenient access route. It opened on 22 October 1809 The Canals of South and South East England, Charles Hadfield, , , , 1969, .
The Croydon Canal linked to the Croydon Merstham and Godstone Railway (itself connected to the Surrey Iron Railway), enabling the canal to be used to transport stone and lime from workings at Merstham. The canal was never extended further south-west, as was initially intended, to reach Epsom.
The canal was originally planned with two inclined planes but in the end 28 locks, arranged in two flights, were used instead. A reservoir was constructed at South Norwood to help keep the canal supplied with water. This still remains as South Norwood Lake in a public park. The canal was built to be 34 feet (10 m) wide. It had a maximum depth of 5 feet (1.5 m). By 1811 there were 22 barges on the canal. The barges were 60 feet (18 m) long and 9 feet (2.7 m) wide and could carry about 30 tons. The canal's main cargo was timber.
The canal was never a success and closed in 1836. It was the first canal to be formally abandoned by an Act of Parliament. Much of the alignment was used by the London & Croydon Railway Company (to whom the canal had been sold for £40,250) for part of the railway route that today links London Bridge railway station and West Croydon railway station - the latter stands on the site of the old canal basin. Remnants exist at the northern corner of Betts Park in Anerley, and - as a long curved pond - in a small nature reserve in Dacres Road, Forest Hill. The side of a lock is also visible in the high pavement in David's Road, Forest Hill.
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