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River Lez

Early plans of what would become the River Lez were drawn up by William Jessop in 1816 but problems with Newcroft Embankment caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Expectations for manure traffic to Polstan were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Southend kept it open. In George Wood's "Travels of The Perseverence" he describes his experiences passing through Amberscester Locks during the General Strike.

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The River Lez is part of the Waterways of Mainland Europe and is made up of the River Lez (River Lez (South of Canal du Rhône à Sète)) and the River Lez (River Lez (North of Canal du Rhône à Sète)).

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VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe
The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners

Wikipedia

Wikipedia has a page about River Lez
The Lez is a 29.6-kilometre (18.4 mi) river in the Hérault department in southern France. It is the main river of the city of Montpellier. The river has its source in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière and flows into the Mediterranean Sea at Palavas-les-Flots. Its longest tributary is the Mosson.
The small fish Cottus petiti is endemic to a short stretch of this river.

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[Lez (river)] The Lez is a 29.6-kilometre (18.4 mi) river in the Hérault department in southern France. It is the main river of the city of Montpellier. The river has [Antigone, Montpellier] located between the old centre of Montpellier and the river Lez. On the opposite side of the river is the Hôtel de la Région Languedoc-Roussillon, another [LEZ] (more commonly les) Lez, a former commune in the Haute-Garonne department in France Lez, a river in the Hérault department in France Lez Duly, former member [Montpellier] hilly ground 10 km (6 mi) inland from the Mediterranean coast, on the River Lez. The name of the city, which was originally Monspessulanus, is said to [Citadel of Montpellier] coastal plain of the River Lez. It was separated from the city proper by a wide esplanade, looking over the floodplain of the Lez. It comprised four bastions [Lattes, Hérault] in the South of the prefecture of Montpellier in a plain split by the river Lez, that flows to the Mediterranean Sea at Palavas-les-Flots. Stretching [Marque (river)] finally flowing into the Deûle in Marquette-lez-Lille. Its lowermost section, between Wasquehal and Marquette-lez-Lille, is part of the Canal de Roubaix. [Jacques Cœur] expanded towards the sea along the river Lez. These include a marketplace in the Antigone neighborhood along the Lez; an artificial lake, the Bassin Jacques [Canal du Rhône à Sète] Grande Motte PK 70.5 Pérols PK 75.5 Palavas-les-Flots, junction with river Lez, access to Port Ariane for Montpellier and to the Mediterranean Sea PK [Sart-lez-Spa] Sart-lez-Spa (French pronunciation: [saʁ le spa]; in Walloon Li Sårt-dilé-Spå) is a section of the Belgian municipality of Jalhay located in Wallonia

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