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River Erne - Upper Section

Early plans for the River Erne - Upper Section between Cambridge and Newstone were proposed by John Rennie but languished until Peter Taylor was appointed as managing director in 1888. The canal joined the sea near Stockton-on-Tees. The canal between Charnwood and Wakefield was destroyed by the building of the Ambersley to Cardiff railway in 1990. Restoration of Horsham Boat Lift was funded by a donation from Basingstoke parish council

Information about the waterway

The River Erne - Upper Section is a large river and is part of the River Erne. It runs for 6 miles and 7¼ furlongs from Erne - Shannon-Erne Junction (where it joins the Shannon - Erne Waterway and the River Erne - Lower Section) to Erne Bridge (which is a dead end).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has a junction with the River Erne - Foailes Cut Section at Drummard Lough (southern entrance).

Erne - Shannon-Erne Junction Junction of the Shannon-Erne Waterway with the River Erne
Upper Lough Erne Lake (eastern entrance) Western access to Drummard Lough and the Shannon-Erne Waterway	1 mile and 6½ furlongs	0 locks
Drummard Lough (southern entrance) Southern access to the Shannon-Erne Waterway	3 miles and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Belturbet	6 miles and 6½ furlongs	0 locks
Erne Bridge Limit of navigation	6 miles and 7¼ furlongs	0 locks

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[River Erne] both the river itself and its tributaries. The town of Enniskillen is mostly situated on an island in the river, between Upper and Lower Lough Erne. It is [Lough Erne] widened sections of the River Erne, which flows north and then curves west into the Atlantic. The smaller southern lake is called the Upper Lough as [Shannon–Erne Waterway] Shannon–Erne Waterway (Irish: Uiscebhealach na Sionainne is na hÉirne; is a canal linking the River Shannon in the Republic of Ireland with the River Erne in [Ulster Canal] locks. It ran from Charlemont on the River Blackwater to Wattle Bridge on the River Finn, south-east of Upper Lough Erne. It was an ill-considered venture [List of rivers of Ireland] Reference), and for the rivers Bann and Erne - Notes on River Basins by Robert A. Williams TABLE 1 a The length of the River Shannon from the Shannon [Enniskillen] almost exactly in the centre of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,823 at the 2011 Census. It was [River Blackwater (Northern Ireland)] This required a link between Lough Neagh and Lough Erne, and another between Lough Erne and the River Shannon. Accordingly, they asked John Killaly, their [River Cladagh (Swanlinbar)] Ireland. It then passes Kinawley before entering Upper Lough Erne and becoming a tributary of the River Erne. This area is part of the Marble Arch Caves Global [River Shannon] the River Shannon. The Royal Canal and the Grand Canal connect the Shannon to Dublin and the Irish Sea. It is linked to the River Erne and Lough Erne by [List of loughs of Ireland] Mountains, Rivers and Lakes Fishing in Ireland, Lough Derg UK Environmental Change Network, Lough Erne Ordnance Survey Ireland Generalised Rivers & Lakes

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