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Old July 27th 11, 02:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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In message , at 14:39:25 on Wed, 27 Jul
2011, Tim Roll-Pickering remarked:

* Bring canals back into use


Which canals are not in use?

Actually, there's few in London, the longest of which by far seems to be
the Croydon Canal (closed 1836), but it hardly seems like a priority to
get it restored, especially as it would mean closing some railways which
have re-used parts of the alignment!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._Kingdom#Aband
oned_or_unnavigable_canals_in_England
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Roland Perry