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River Schelde or Escaut

The Act of Parliament for the River Schelde or Escaut was passed on January 1 1782 the same day as that of The Swansea Canal. Orginally intended to run to Oldstone, the canal was never completed beyond Southend. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Basingstoke were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Schelde or Escaut were submitted to parliament in 1972, the use of the canal for cooling Redcar power station was enough to keep it open. The 5 mile section between Bernigo and Nottingham was closed in 1955 after a breach at Wessfield. Restoration of Bolton Embankment was funded by a donation from the River Schelde or Escaut Trust

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The River Schelde or Escaut is part of the Waterways of Mainland Europe and is made up of the River Schelde or Escaut (Main river) and the River Schelde or Escaut (Tidal section).

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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

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[Scheldt] The Scheldt (/ʃɛlt/, French: Escaut [ɛsko], Walloon: Escô, Dutch: Schelde [ˈsxɛldə]) is a 350-kilometre-long (220 mi) river that flows through in northern [List of rivers of Belgium] Luxembourg) Attert (in Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg) Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde, French: Escaut) (near Flushing, Netherlands) Rupel (in Rupelmonde) Nete (in Rumst) [Fortified Sector of the Escaut] The Fortified Sector of the Escaut (Secteur Fortifié de l'Escaut), also known as the Fortified Sector of the Schelde, was the French military organization [Waal (river)] times called Vacalis, Vahalis or Valis, later Vahal, is of Germanic origin and is named after the many meanders in the river (West Germanic languages: wôh [Escaut (department)] Belgium and Netherlands. It was named after the river Scheldt (Escô, Schelde), which is called the Escaut in French. It was created on 1 October 1795, when [Battle of the Scheldt] and controlling access to the river. This made it impossible for Allied minesweepers to clear the heavily mined river. Adolf Hitler ordered the 15th [List of rivers discharging into the North Sea] (in Monthermé) Bar (near Dom-le-Mesnil) Chiers (in Bazeilles) Scheldt/Schelde/Escaut (near Flushing, Netherlands) – France, Belgium, Netherlands Rupel (in [Meuse] French: [møz]; Walloon: Moûze [muːs]) or Maas (/mɑːs/ MAHSS, Dutch: [maːs]; Limburgish: Maos [mɒˑs] or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing [IJssel] Dutch Low Saxon: Iessel(t) [ˈiːsəl(t)]) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the Ĳsselmeer [Delta Works] American Society of Civil Engineers. The estuaries of the rivers Rhine, Meuse and Schelde have been subject to flooding over the centuries. After building

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