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The ‘Melton Mowbray Navigation Talk’ will be presented at St Johns’ The Baptist Church, Thorpe End, Melton Mowbray on Friday 12th June at 7.30pm.The Melton Mowbray Navigation/Canal was formed by an Act of Parliament – giving the Melton Mowbray Navigation Company of Proprietors powers to ‘make the rivers Wreake and Eye navigable for the carriage of coal, stone, lime, limestone, timber, lead and all kinds of merchandise’.
For decades, the Melton Navigation was a healthy business seeing a comfortable return for its investors but the introduction of the Syston to Peterborough Railway started to take traffic away from the water and it fell into a dramatic decline.
This talk was researched and developed for the Melton and Oakham Waterways Society (MOWS) as part of an 18-month research project into the history of the canal,
These talks have been very popular in the past so advance reservation of seats is highly recommended.
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The Catholic Church in Melton Mowbray, Arla Foods, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1RB, United Kingdom
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