Shefford, The River c.1960
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S378017
More about this scene
The 19th century saw an increase in local commercial development, which highlighted the necessity for coal to be brought to the area cheaply. A canal from Biggleswade to Shefford was built in 1822 and gave the town the status of an inland port, with qa navigable waterway to King's Lynn. Town and canal prospered for some 50 years but, with the advent of the railway, the Ivel Navigation Trust began to incur heavy losses and in 1876 the Trust and its canal were closed. River Ivel Navigation is makred (Disused) on the maps, but some aspects are still visible in the town.
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