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River Dee

Early plans of what would become the River Dee were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1888 but problems with Sumerlease Embankment caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1835. Orginally intended to run to Warrington, the canal was never completed beyond Preston. Expectations for pottery traffic to Glasgow never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. According to Oliver Edwards's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Birmingham Tunnel is haunted by the ghost of Cecil Yates, a navvy, who drowned in the canal one winter night.

Information about the waterway

The River Dee is a small river and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain. It runs for 14 miles from River Dee Junction (where it joins the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch)) to Farndon 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.

River Dee Junction
Chester Railway Bridge (River Dee)	3½ furlongs	0 locks
Grosvenor Bridge (River Dee)	7½ furlongs	0 locks
Old Dee Bridge	1 mile and 2½ furlongs	0 locks
Chester Weir	1 mile and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Queens Bridge	1 mile and 4½ furlongs	0 locks
North Wales Expressway Bridge	4 miles and 2½ furlongs	0 locks
Iron Bridge	7 miles and ¾ furlongs	0 locks
Farndon Bridge	14 miles	0 locks

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River Dee may refer to:

River Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, flowing from the Cairngorms to Aberdeen
River Dee, Wales, flowing through North Wales and through Cheshire in England
River Dee, Cumbria, flowing from the border between Cumbria and North Yorkshire
River Dee, Galloway, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
River Dee (Ireland)
Dee River (Queensland), Australia, a tributary of the Dawson
Dee River (Tasmania), Australia, a tributary of the Derwent

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