Grand-Junction-Canal

Grand-Junction-Canal

Grand-Junction-Canal (spr. Gränddschonktionkänall), Kanal in England; fängt bei Brentford an der Themse in der Grafschaft Middlesex an, durchschneidet die Grafschaften Hertford, Buckingham u. Northampton u. endigt dort bei Braunston in den Oxford-Kanal; er hat 121 Schleußen, 22 Meilen Länge, u. vereinigt die meisten Kanäle von Inner-England mit der Themse u. London.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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