BUGBROOKE TO WEEDON BEC

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Today our destination ready to vist the antique emporiums of Weedon also Barnes's canal arm and visitor centre and commonwealth war graves at Weedon Bec
History
James Barnes (ca. 1739 - 1819) was a canal and railway engineer in England and twice Mayor of Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Career
In May 1786, Barnes was appointed Surveyor of the Works for the Oxford Canal Company at a salary of £50 per annum. His role was to engineer the completion of the Oxford Canal south from Banbury to Oxford which had been designed by Robert Whitworth. His contract was for completion of the canal by the start of 1791, but this was achieved one year early. By 1791 his salary had risen to £200.The success of the work with the Oxford Canal Company led an agreement with George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham to survey a route from Braunston to London which resulted in the formation of the Grand Junction Canal. The plan was approved in 1792
In 1799 he prepared plans for a route from the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal to Braunston, but this was not proceeded with. In 1802 a revised plan was prepared with a route to Norton Junction, and following review by Thomas Telford this plan was approved and became the Grand Union Canal
He resigned from the Grand Junction Canal Company in 1805.
Works undertaken
Grand Junction Canal 1793 - 1805
Wendover Arm Canal 1794
Braunston Tunnel 1794 - 1796
Paddington Arm 1801
Buckingham branch canal 1801
Blisworth Tunnel 1802-1805
Grand Union Canal (old) 1802
Carmarthenshire Railway 1803 - 1805
Aylesbury branch canal (opened 1814)
Northampton branch canal (opened 1815)
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