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Canal Quiz

 

Quiz No.2   

1)  Which two canals now from the part of the Grand Union which runs between Napton turn and the Digbeth branch of the B.C.N.?
2)  When did work start on the widening of the locks in this stretch?
3)  Where is water power used to lift water from a river to the canal system?
4)  Where would you find the Edstone aqueduct?
5)  Who designed the Anderton boat lift?
6)  What was the purpose of "turnover bridges"?
7)  On which section of canal do you find circular weirs at locks?
8)  What is a "Jack clough" and where will you still find examples of them?
9) A steam engine built by James Watt still works  to this day on part of the canal system. Where is it?
10)  Edward Leader Williams was involved in a large scale project which necessitated the construction of what was then (and I think still is ) a unique waterways feature. What was the project and what was the feature?

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