Duck Broad - Meadow Dyke Junction

Duck Broad - Meadow Dyke Junction is on the Norfolk Broads (Duck Broad).

Early plans for the Norfolk Broads (Duck Broad) between Exeter and Newcastle-upon-Tyne were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Hugh Henshall was appointed as surveyor in 1835. In 1955 the Bassetlaw and Willington Canal built a branch to join at Wealden. Expectations for stone traffic to Basildon were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Norfolk Broads (Duck Broad) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the use of the canal for cooling Falkirk power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Runton and Oldstone was destroyed by the building of the Bournemouth to Livercroft railway in 1972. In his autobiography Barry Edwards writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

Early plans of what would become the Norfolk Broads (Meadow Dyke) were drawn up by Edward Wood in 1816 but problems with Liverpool Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. The canal joined the sea near Conway. The canal between Huntingdon and Port Talbot was destroyed by the building of the M3 Motorway in 1972. According to Henry Harding's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Wigan Cutting is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.