Editing Haddiscoe Cut (section)

===Construction===
The new [[act of Parliament (UK)|act of Parliament]] created the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Company, and authorised them to raise £100,000, with an additional £50,000 if required. The scheme involved dredging of the River Yare from Norwich to [[Reedham, Norfolk|Reedham]], to make it deeper, construction of the {{convert|2.5|mi|km|adj=on}} Haddiscoe cut between Reedham and [[Haddiscoe]] on the [[River Waveney]], enlarging of Oulton Dyke, between the Waveney and [[Oulton Broad]], and linking of Oulton Broad to [[Lake Lothing]] by a channel which was {{convert|0.25|mi|km}} long, and included a sea lock, so that it could be used at all states of the tide. Work began on the Lake Lothing link, with most of it completed during 1829. The lock was {{convert|150|by|50|ft|m}}, and included a system of sluices, which used water from Oulton Broad to clear a channel to the sea through Lake Lothing. A demonstration of this was given on 3 June 1831, when it was estimated that 3,000 tons of stones and shingle were carried out to sea.<ref>{{harvnb |Boyes |Russell |1977 |pp=116–117}}</ref>

The contract for the Haddiscoe Cut was signed with Thomas Townsend of [[Birmingham]] on 3 July 1832, and work began at once.<ref>{{harvnb |Wren |1976 |p=108}}</ref> Thomas Townsend worked as [[General contractor|contractor]] on the canal throughout its construction.<ref>{{harvnb |Skempton |2002 |p=714}}</ref> The original capital was insufficient to finance the construction, and so the extra £50,000 authorised by the [[Public Works Loans Act 1817]] ([[57 Geo. 3]]. c. 34) was borrowed from the [[Exchequer Bill Loan Commission]]ers. The cut was finished in 1832, and the dredging of the River Yare completed in 1833. The whole route, which is {{convert|32|mi|km}} long, was formally opened on 30 September 1833.<ref>{{harvnb |Boyes |Russell |1977 |pp=117–118}}</ref>