Post by bendall on Dec 3, 2010 19:42:25 GMT
Lark - Orwell Canal
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Lark
"In 1790, there were plans for a 31-mile (50 km) link from Bury St Edmunds to the River Orwell, which John Rennie surveyed, but it involved heavy engineering work, including a 2,420-yard (2,210 m) tunnel, and the estimated cost of £75,000 could not be raised."
www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/visit/1700-1899.cfm Look for "1791"
"In 1791 a committee was set up in Bury to consider building a 31 mile canal from the Lark at Bury, to the Stour at Mistley. It would need a tunnel of 2,420 yards to go under the hill at Lavenham, and the idea died."
"James Oakes and Sir Charles Davers tried to get the Stowmarket canal extended to Bury, but its promoters refused to consider the idea."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Lark
"In 1790, there were plans for a 31-mile (50 km) link from Bury St Edmunds to the River Orwell, which John Rennie surveyed, but it involved heavy engineering work, including a 2,420-yard (2,210 m) tunnel, and the estimated cost of £75,000 could not be raised."
www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/visit/1700-1899.cfm Look for "1791"
"In 1791 a committee was set up in Bury to consider building a 31 mile canal from the Lark at Bury, to the Stour at Mistley. It would need a tunnel of 2,420 yards to go under the hill at Lavenham, and the idea died."
"James Oakes and Sir Charles Davers tried to get the Stowmarket canal extended to Bury, but its promoters refused to consider the idea."