Talk:Thames and Medway Canal/to do
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- Dung Wharf, Higham
- find non-© version of diag showing railway on stilts
- ditto Strickland canal-only diag
find orig (Gutenberg) sources of quotes?Not on Gutenberg - Uni of Kent has copy of Orrdecide what goes here, what under Higham? All canal & tunnel here; minor mention and x-ref from Higham.- tidal differences-> pump, locks?
true dimensions? Gravesham's leaflet on canal [1] give: "26.5 feet (9.6m) wide including the towpath. The tunnel is 2.5 miles (4.5km) long."Used 1826 Strickland diag.- check hist of roof falls, hole in orchard
- Look up Acts of Parl: 1800,1804 and 1810
* Rationalise metric/imperial (go for imperial as main, as original canal + current boats measured in this?)