Talk:Glastonbury Canal

On the towpath?
Does that stack up? Present-day canals have a waterway maybe 15 plus feet wide and a towpath maybe 6 feet wide. It's difficult to imagine closing the canal and building a railway requiring say 15 feet of formation on the towpath. Obviously they would have wanted to avoid any earthworks they could, but wouldn't they have been forced to drain the canal and level the towpath into the bed of it to make a flat solum?

Afterbrunel 06:13, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * No. The railway was built along the bank. The canal was used to transport material for the railway. Could also have been used to remove spoil.Geni 21:16, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

? Robert Rennie
Do we have a good source naming Robert Rennie or could John Rennie the Elder have been the relevant builder/architect?&mdash; Rod talk 21:27, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Chris Handley (2001), Maritime Activities of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Bath: Millstream Books, says John Rennie. I do have a copy of Body & Gallop, but as it has no index, I need to read it first. Lets regard it as under verification. Pyrotec (talk) 10:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Body & Gallop says "John Rennie, son of a famous canal engineer father." (p25). Bob1960evens (talk) 10:27, 1 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks Bob - confirmed. So its John Rennie the Younger. Pyrotec (talk) 10:31, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Other canals mentioned
This article mentions "two small canals were built near the North Drain".

I wonder if these were Galton's Canal and Brown's Canal? Derek Andrews (talk) 10:19, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Seems likely from their descriptions. --TimTay (talk) 10:31, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Saxon canal
At the suggestion of User:TimTay I propose to take this section to a new article: "Glastonbury Canal (medieval)". Initial discussions here. --Old Moonraker (talk) 09:32, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems reasonable to me as my understanding is they are really talking about different eras/routes etc. I'm not sure about the new article name - but can't think of anything better.&mdash; Rod talk 09:58, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * b.t.w. in case you weren't aware, Blair's book is available online at Google Books. I read some of the stuff on the Glastonbury canal. It looks really interesting. Also if you search for "glastonbury saxon canal" at Google Books it shows you quite a number of other books with interesting and referenceable content. I suspect there is enough material to make a reasonably sizeable standalone article. --TimTay (talk) 11:07, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. Just about to tidy up the article here. --Old Moonraker (talk) 14:45, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

What else is needed before a GA nomination?
I'm thinking of nominating this article at WP:GAC. Can anyone think of anything else which needs to be done to ensure it meets the good article criteria?&mdash; Rod talk 17:08, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Bibliography: circular reference
Parts of Andy Wood's book  Abandoned & Vanished Canals of England, specifically his chapter on this canal and the mediaeval Glastonbury Canal (I haven't checked out any others) are lifted from Wikipedia itself and as such shouldn't be used as a source here. Deleted. More at Talk:Glastonbury Canal (medieval).--217.155.32.221 (talk) 13:48, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

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