Grand Union Canal Carrying Company
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The Grand Union Canal Carrying Company was a freight carrying transport service in England from 1934 to 1948.
For more detail on this section see the History of the Grand Union Canal.
In 1929 the Regents Canal Company bought the Grand Junction Canal Company and a new company, the Grand Union Canal Company, was established. Later that year the new company bought the Warwick and Napton Canal and the Warwick and Birmingham Canal.
In 1932 the Grand Union Canal Company bought the Leicester Navigation, the Loughborough Navigation and the Erewash Canal for £75,423 (£6.61 million in 2023).[1]
For the first time the main line from London to Birmingham and the River Trent were all owned by one company with the exception of the Oxford Canal between Braunston and Napton. The Grand Union Canal Company attempted to buy the Oxford Canal but the agreement failed.
The Grand Union Canal was now over 300 miles long. A main objective was to create a route capable of taking 14 ft barges or two narrow boats from London to Birmingham.
