Chard Canal

Chard Canal
The Chard Canal near Lillesdon, Somerset
Specifications
Locks	1 (4 inclined planes)
Status	Derelict
History
Original owner	Ashton Canal Co
Principal engineer	James Green
Other engineer(s)	Sydney Hall
Date of act	1834
Date completed	1842
Date closed	1868
Geography
Start point	Chard
End point	Bridgwater
Connects to	Bridgwater and Taunton Canal

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Legend
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal Railway aqueduct River Tone aqueduct Ruishton aqueduct Lower Farm bridge, Thornfalcon Thornfalcon Plane Lillesdon Tunnel A378 Wrantage Aqueduct Wrantage Plane Crimson Hill Tunnel (1800 yd) Ilminster Wharf Ilminster Plane Ilminster Tunnel (300 yd) Bere Mills Lock Chard Plane Chard Resr feeder Chard Basin

The Chard Canal was a 13.5 miles (21.7 km) tub boat canal in Somerset, England, that ran from the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal at Creech St. Michael, over four aqueducts, through three tunnels and four inclined planes to Chard. It was completed in 1842, was never commercially viable, and closed in 1868. The major engineering features are still clearly visible in the landscape.