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Thames Channel Plan Cuts Deep Water to 26 Feet
A British Thames improvement plan allows a 26 foot deep channel at low water spring tides, 1,000 feet wide up to Gravesend with broader reaches downstream. Dredging begins next January, aiming to finish by mid 1808. project based on cost, channel stability, and ship traffic shifts.
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Nore
Gravesend
Board of Trade In
Great Britain
River Thames
Thorney Creek
London
Liverpool
Southampton
Royal Albert Docks
Bang
George Nares
Lyster
Times of London
Canvey Island
Conseryaters
Thames
Crayford Ness
Purfleet
Crayford Nrsa
Albert Docks
Millwall