What is Grand Union Canal (old)?
{{About|original Grand Union Canal|the modern canal that includes this canal|Grand Union Canal}} The '''Grand Union Canal''' was a [[canal]] in [[England]] from [[Foxton]], [[Leicestershire]] on the [[Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal]] to Norton Junction, close to [[Long Buckby]] Wharf on the [[Grand Junction Canal]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://canalplan.eu/gazetteer/2a6i |title=Canalplan Gazetteer for Norton Junction |access-date=2021-02-04 |archive-date=2017-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109184142/http://canalplan.eu/gazetteer/2a6i |url-status=dead }}</ref> It now forms the first {{convert|23|miles|km}} of the Leicester Section, a branch of the much bigger modern [[Grand Union Canal]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://canalplan.eu/waterway/vamd |title=Canalplan: Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Old Grand Union) |access-date=2021-02-04 |archive-date=2014-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407110329/http://canalplan.eu/waterway/vamd |url-status=dead }}</ref> The creation of the canal system in central England was hugely important to the [[industrial revolution]]. It allowed the raw materials and the products to be moved cheaply. Many factories back onto rivers or canals all over industrial England. Moving heavy loads is cheapest and best done on water. == References == {{reflist}} {{multistub|transport|UK}} [[Category:Canals in England]]