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The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal is a 31-mile (50 km) long canal in England which connected the mining district around Moira, just outside the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth in Warwickshire. It was opened in 1804, and a number of tramways were constructed at its northern end, to service collieries.
Moira Furnace and the Ashby de la Zouch Canal after restoration. Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire District Council as a museum featuring ...
Moira Furnace Ashby Canal near Congerstone. The Ashby Canal Trust is a waterway society based at Measham, Swadlincote, Leicestershire, England, UK, and concerned with the restoration of a part of the Ashby Canal, also known as the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. The restoration project is funded by:
Moira lime kilns. Moira Furnace is a restored 19th-century blast furnace. A 1.5-mile (2.4 km) section of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal adjacent to the furnace has also been restored and rewatered, although it lacks a navigable link to the rest of the system due to the A42 road having been built across its line.
In the latter part of his life he was a promoter, and at one time treasurer, of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Obviously well aware of the economic benefits the canal would bring to the district, Wilkes pushed local landowners such as the Earl of Moira to expedite its completion [3] and was also to supply bricks for its construction. The canal ...
Kim Ashby, 58, is still missing after Hurricane Helene's flooding caused her and her husband's vacation home to slide into a nearby river.
Ashby Canal near Congerstone Moira Furnace, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. The Ashby Canal Association (ACA) is a waterway society and a registered charity, [1] in Leicestershire and Staffordshire, England, concerned with the Ashby Canal, and affiliated to the Inland Waterways Association. The Association was founded in 1966 in response to the ...
Linden Ashby is just as surprised as fans by his return to The Young and the Restless following his departure last year — and there’s more to come. Warning: Spoilers below for the Thursday ...