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Canal in Somerset, England
The Westport Canal was built in the late 1830s to link Westport and Langport in Somerset, England. It was part of a larger scheme involving improvements
Westport_Canal
Topics referred to by the same term
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Westport
Village in Ontario, Canada
at the head of the navigable Rideau Canal system, 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Ottawa. The village of Westport was incorporated as an independent municipality
Westport,_Ontario
Artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt
The Suez Canal (/ˈsuː.ɛz/; Egyptian Arabic: قناة السويس, Qanāt as-Suwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea
Suez_Canal
Railway terminus in London
while the east side is bounded by the Paddington arm of the Grand Union Canal. The station is in a shallow cutting, a fact obscured at the front by a
London_Paddington_station
Tributary of the River Parrett in Somerset, England
River Parrett, to maintain water levels, when the Westport Canal was built in the 1830s. The canal joins the river approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) before
River_Isle
1st world's fair in 1851 in London, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Great_Exhibition
British sailing steamship launched in 1858
compete with ships that could use the canal. Ali Rischdi, a famed Arab navigator, proposed taking the ship through the canal, but this was never attempted. At
SS_Great_Eastern
1840s British steamship, museum ship
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
SS_Great_Britain
Village and civil parish in Somerset, England
the River Isle, near its confluence with the Parrett, and the former Westport Canal. The parish includes the hamlet of Midelney. The village has a population
Drayton,_Somerset
Glasshouse for the 1851 Great Exhibition in London
Strieter (1999). Nineteenth-Century European Art: A Topical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 50. ISBN 0-313-29898-X. (And "Crystal Palace"
The_Crystal_Palace
The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation)
List of canals in the United Kingdom
List_of_canals_in_the_United_Kingdom
Civil parish in Somerset, England
parish includes the villages of Hambridge and Westport. Westport lies on the disused Westport Canal and Hambridge lies close to its junction with the River
Hambridge_and_Westport
Tunnel crossing under the River Thames in London
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Thames_Tunnel
Bridge in Bristol, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Clifton_Suspension_Bridge
Oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
SS_Great_Western
English civil engineer (1842–1903)
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Henry_Marc_Brunel
Railway viaduct in Landore, Wales
more. The arrival of the railway had the effect of eclipsed the Swansea Canal as the major transport artery in the region. To connect what is now commonly
Landore_Viaduct
Lake in Stoke-on-Trent, UK
and Mersey Canal. It is owned by the Canal and River Trust, and is operated by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. The visitor centre at Westport Lake was operated
Westport_Lake,_Stoke-on-Trent
British aristocrat
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Sophia_Kingdom
County in South West England
building of canals and railways. Nineteenth-century canals included the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal, Westport Canal, Glastonbury Canal and Chard Canal. The Dorset
Somerset
Former English ship canal
The Carlisle Canal opened in 1823, linking Carlisle to the Solway Firth, to facilitate the transport of goods to and from the city. It was a short-lived
Carlisle_Canal
1857 photograph
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern
Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel_Standing_Before_the_Launching_Chains_of_the_Great_Eastern
Rail, canal and road crossing in England
road bridge over a canal, which is carried in an aqueduct over a railway, which is in a cutting. A road bridge spanned the canal since the early 18th
Three_Bridges,_London
Device used on ships and aircraft
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Balanced_rudder
French-British engineer (1769–1849)
Philadelphia and Albany. He got involved in a scheme to link the Hudson River by canal with Lake Champlain, and also submitted a design for the new Capitol building
Marc_Isambard_Brunel
River in Dorset and Somerset, England
be improved for its first mile, and then the Westport Canal was to be constructed from there to Westport. Locks were planned at Stanmoor, Langport, and
River_Parrett
Operational Railway museum in Oxfordshire, England
part of the Kennet and Avon Canal running through his estate (see Bruce Tunnel). With the railway needing to run near to a canal at its midpoint – as it was
Didcot_Railway_Centre
Bridges in London, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges
Hungerford_Bridge_and_Golden_Jubilee_Bridges
Railway tunnel in western England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Box_Tunnel
Crimean war prefabricated field hospital
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Renkioi_Hospital
First steamship driven by screw propeller
named Wright, Smith then built a 30-foot (9.1 m), 6-horsepower (4.5 kW) canal boat of six tons burthen called Francis Smith, which was fitted with a wooden
SS_Archimedes
Major railway station for the city of Bristol, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Bristol Temple Meads railway station
Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station
Railway station in Exeter, Devon, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Exeter St Davids railway station
Exeter_St_Davids_railway_station
Transatlantic shipping company
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Great Western Steamship Company
Great_Western_Steamship_Company
Railway bridge spanning the River Tamar in South West England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Royal_Albert_Bridge
Engineering museum in London, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Brunel_Museum
Harbour in Bristol, England
downstream from Netham Lock to Totterdown Basin, is an artificial canal known as the Feeder Canal, while the tidal River Avon follows its original route. Downstream
Bristol_Harbour
Town in Somerset, England
which runs from Great Bow Bridge to Little Bow Bridge. Around 1840 the Westport Canal was built, which joined the river at Langport. The abortive Ivelchester
Langport
Canal in Somerset, England
The Chard Canal was a 13.5 miles (21.7 km) tub boat canal in Somerset, England, that ran from the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal at Creech St. Michael, over
Chard_Canal
Former railway company and heritage railway
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
East_Somerset_Railway
Transit building in Taunton, Somerset, England
Canal Ivelchester and Langport Navigation Kennet and Avon Canal Somerset Coal Canal Westport Canal Ports & harbours Bleadon Blue Anchor Bridgwater Bridgwater
Taunton_bus_station
British railway station in Bath, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Bath_Spa_railway_station
English civil and marine engineer (1806–1859)
island of Réunion (then the Île Bourbon), a design for a potential Panama Canal, the concept of a floating pier for the Port of Liverpool, and working with
Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
Former railway station in England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Charfield_railway_station
Principal main line railway in England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Great_Western_Main_Line
Humanist sans-serif typeface
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
NR_Brunel
Hotel in London, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Hilton_London_Paddington
Place in Bristol, England
Cumberland Basin & Brunel Locks The New Cut Netham Lock, entrance to the Feeder Canal Totterdown Basin Temple Quay The Centre Canon's Marsh, including Millennium
Cumberland_Basin_(Bristol)
proposals for a ship canal across Central America were made between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The chief rival to Panama was a canal through Nicaragua
History_of_the_Panama_Canal
Town house in London, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Lindsey_House
Painting by Edwin Henry Landseer
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Scene_from_A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream
Bridge in London Hanwell, London
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Wharncliffe_Viaduct
Railway bridge designed by I.K.Brunel in Maidenhead, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Maidenhead_Railway_Bridge
Series of steep railway inclines in Devon, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
South_Devon_Banks
Railway line in England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
South Devon and Tavistock Railway
South_Devon_and_Tavistock_Railway
Timber-span viaducts in England
(67 m) five-arch stone viaduct to carry the line over a tramway, river and canal near Par Harbour. This was the only stone built viaduct on the line when
Cornwall_Railway_viaducts
Railway station in Oxfordshire, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Charlbury_railway_station
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal (1827), Glastonbury Canal (1834), Grand Western Canal (1839), Westport Canal (1840) and Chard Canal (1842). Steam ships were
Transport_in_Somerset
Former railway station in Gloucestershire, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Cirencester Town railway station
Cirencester_Town_railway_station
Heritage railway line in Somerset, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
West_Somerset_Railway
Railway track on undergirding timber bearings
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Baulk_road
Canal in Canada
Rideau Ferry, Portland, Westport, Newboro, Seeleys Bay and Kingston. Communities connected by navigable waterways to the Rideau Canal include Kemptville and
Rideau_Canal
Bridge in Moulsford
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Moulsford_Railway_Bridge
Railway station in Wiltshire, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Chippenham_railway_station
Railway station in Bridgend, Wales
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Bridgend_railway_station
Railway station in Devon, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Crediton_railway_station
Town in New York, United States
Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport, Lake View Grange No. 970, and Vergennes canal boat are listed on the National Register of Historic
Westport,_New_York
Railway station in Somerset, England
coal yard which brought coal into the town by ship and distributed it by canal and railway. Bridgwater was also the home of George Hennet's iron works
Bridgwater_railway_station
in cast iron, for the relatively short 35-foot span of Bishop's Bridge canal bridge at Paddington. These had a T-section lower flange in tension and
Balloon_flange_girder
Railway station in Oxfordshire, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Culham_railway_station
Broad gauge railway company in Wales
the canal. The Aberdare Canal was opened in 1812, leading instead down the valley to Abercynon, where it connected with the Glamorganshire Canal. In the
Vale_of_Neath_Railway
Railway station in Gloucestershire, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Stroud_railway_station
Statue in London by Carlo Marochetti
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Victoria Embankment
Statue_of_Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel,_Victoria_Embankment
Railway tunnel in Gloucestershire, England
report attributes the damage to the collapse of the canal tunnel running underneath; in reality the canal tunnel is to the north of the rail tunnel and does
Sapperton_Railway_Tunnel
Bridge in Berkshire crossing the River Thames
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Windsor_Railway_Bridge
Freight-only branch railway line in west London, England
the Thames, and also the terminus of the Grand Junction Canal. Despite opposition from the canal owners, the Great Western and Brentford Railway Company
Brentford_branch_line
Bridge in Paddington, London
Paddington station and across the adjacent Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal. The original Isambard Kingdom Brunel built bridge was replaced in 2006
Bishop's_Bridge
Railway station in Berkshire, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Mortimer_railway_station
Railway incline in Somerset, England
fathers of Exeter refused the railway access to the dock of the Exeter Canal until 35 years after it entered the city in 1844. The railway was fully
Wellington_Bank,_Somerset
construction of a canal to Westport, and the rebuilding of the Great Bow Bridge, to allow larger boats to travel beyond Langport. Normal canal tolls were charged
Ivelchester and Langport Navigation
Ivelchester_and_Langport_Navigation
Former English railway company
The branch passed under the Grand Western Canal where Brunel constructed Halberton aqueduct to carry the canal over the railway. The rival London and South
Bristol_and_Exeter_Railway
Area of dockland in Plymouth, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Millbay
Railway and advocate in the US Congress for the building of irrigation canals in California).[citation needed] Brereton was recruited by Brunel staff
Robert_Pearson_Brereton
Bridge over River Loughor, south Wales
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Loughor_Viaduct
Early railway in south-west England
August 1874. The South Devon Railway added a quayside branch to the Exeter Canal at City Basin on 17 July 1867. In 1849 the company had completed its main
South_Devon_Railway_Company
Rail line in Devon
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Dartmouth_and_Torbay_Railway
Bridge spanning the River Wye between England and Wales
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Chepstow_Railway_Bridge
Dock in Brentford, London, England
the GWR), to the south of the mouth of the River Brent and Grand Junction Canal, and opposite Kew Gardens. Montgomrey had sold part of his Montgomrey's
Brentford_Dock
British engineer
Parrett Navigation Company engaged Gravatt as their engineer on the Westport Canal in June 1836. His Great Bow Bridge of 1840 at Langport still survives
William_Gravatt
Hotel in Reading, Berkshire, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Malmaison_Hotel,_Reading
Somerset Coal Canal was built; part of it was later converted into a railway. Other canals included the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Westport Canal, Grand Western
History_of_Somerset
Visual design in railways award
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Brunel_Awards
Railway terminal in Dublin, Ireland
trains per day (tpd) to Waterford Plunkett 1 tp2h to Galway Ceannt 3 tpd to Westport 1 tph to Limerick Colbert (peak times only) 1 tpd to Tralee Casement 1
Heuston_station
Railway company in England
over a canal; Bourne, seventeen spans including one of 67 feet (20.42 m) on the skew over the canal; Capel's, eighteen 30-foot (9.14 m) spans; Canal, four
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
Cheltenham_and_Great_Western_Union_Railway
Bridge in Lower Basildon, Berkshire
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Gatehampton_Railway_Bridge
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Carnon_viaduct
Lake in Ontario, Canada
of any body of water within the Rideau Canal system. Upper Rideau Lake is bordered by the village of Westport to the west and Newboro to the south. Upper
Upper_Rideau_Lake
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Bracknell: Forge Books. Messenger, Michael (2001). Caradon & Looe: the canal, railways and mines. Truro: Twelveheads Press. ISBN 0-906294-46-0. Beale
Liskeard_railway_station
Railway cutting in Berkshire, England
Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal Other building and engineering Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder
Sonning_Cutting
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WESTPORT CANAL
WESTPORT CANAL
Boy/Male
British, English
From the West Cottage
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Westcott.
Girl/Female
French
Canal; channel. The popular perfume Chanel.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the West Cottage
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Canal
Girl/Female
French
Canal; channel. The popular perfume Chanel.
Girl/Female
French American
Canal; channel. The popular perfume Chanel.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : habitational name from any of various minor places named with Old English west ‘west’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘shelter’, for example Westcott in Surrey, Westcot in Berkshire, or Westcote in Gloucestershire, Hampshire, and Warwickshire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near an estuary, channel, or drain, Middle English chanel, Old French chanel (Latin canalis ‘canal’, ‘conduit’).
Girl/Female
French
Canal; channel. The popular perfume Chanel.
Girl/Female
French
Canal; channel. The popular perfume Chanel.
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