Page "Grand Junction Canal" Paragraph 50

An inclined plane was opened at Foxton Locks in 1900, as part of a plan to enable wide barges to use the Grand Union Canal and thus bring more traffic onto the main line of the Grand Junction from the east Midlands.

Widening of the locks at Watford was also planned, but not carried through.

Consideration was given to constructing other inclined planes as part of a plan to enlarge the canals to carry 80-ton barges, but no more were built.