Editing Gloucester and Sharpness Canal (section)

===Eventual completion===
Following the [[Public Works Loans Act 1817]] ([[57 Geo. 3]]. c. 34), it was possible for the company to borrow money from the [[Exchequer Bill Loan Commission]]. This, along with further share issues, provided enough money to bring the scheme to completion.<ref name=hadfield346>Hadfield (1969), p.346</ref>  After these significant delays, the canal opened in April 1827. In the course of its construction the canal had cost £440,000 ({{Inflation|UK|440000|1827|fmt=eq|cursign=£|r=-6}}).<ref name=hadfield348 /> As opened, the canal was {{convert|86+1/2|ft}} wide, {{convert|18|ft|m}} deep and could take craft of up to {{convert|600|LT|t ST|abbr=off}}. The longer of the two locks onto the canal proper was {{convert|115|ft|m}} long.<ref name=hadfield348>Hadfield (1969), p.348</ref>