Talk:Bond End Canal

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The result was: promoted by Earth605 talk 13:25, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that discharge from a lock on the Bond End Canal was used to flush a sewer?

• Source: "the short waterway found a new role in helping to solve a common problem of the day: removing sewage ... a system was devised whereby every time the river lock here was used, water was forced through the sewer as a flushing agent" from: "The Bond End Canal". Waterways. No. 276. Summer 2022. pp. 20–22.

• • ALT1: ... that the route of the Bond End Canal later became a railway and then a road? Source: "the route of its infilled sections can be traced through the towns simply by following Evershed Way. This road was built in the late 1980s on the route of a railway, which, in turn, had been constructed on the line of the canal" from: "The Bond End Canal". Waterways. No. 276. Summer 2022. pp. 20–22.
  • ALT2: ... that in the 18th century, workers were ordered to break through the bar separating the Bond End Canal from the Trent and Mersey Canal to try to remove an impediment to trade? Source: "the promoters of the T&M refused to allow a connection between the two canals. As usch the Shobnall Bar cam into being ... this required goods to be transhipped between boards on either side of the bar at what is now Shobnall Basin. This proved such an inconvenience that one night the Burton Boat Co attempted to break through the Shobnall Bar" from:: "The Bond End Canal". Waterways. No. 276. Summer 2022. pp. 20–22. the canal was built in 1775 and the bar was replaced with a lock in 1794
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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 925 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 20:30, 7 July 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: All good, hooks all mildly interesting. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:05, 8 August 2025 (UTC)