Editing Berkhamsted (section)

===Canal===

[[File:Berkhampstead railway station 1838.jpg|thumb|Berkhamsted's original railway station (1838) on the [[London and Birmingham Railway]] with the Grand Union Canal on the right-hand side.<ref name="Roscoe">{{cite book |last=Roscoe |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Roscoe |year=1839 | title=The London and Birmingham railway, with the home and country scenes on each side of the line |publisher=Charles Tilt |place=London |at= Facing page 64 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zwoHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA64-IA1}}</ref>]]

In 1798, the [[Grand Junction Canal]] (built by [[William Jessop]]) from the [[River Thames]] at [[Brentford]] reached Berkhamsted; it reached [[Birmingham]] in 1805.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/history/grandjun.htm|title=The Grand Junction Canal&nbsp;– London's Long-distance Link|publisher=London Canal Museum |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref> Castle Wharf, the port of Berkhamsted, on the south side of the canal between Ravens Lane and Castle Street, was the centre of the town's canal trade, navigation and boat building activities. It was a hub of the country's inland water transport system, linking the ports and industrial centres of the country. Goods transported included coal, grain, building materials and manure. Timber yards, boating wharves, breweries, boat building and chemical works flourished as a result of the canal, with over 700&nbsp;workers employed locally. It is still known as the ''Port of Berkhamsted''. Separately, [[Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater]] (the "Canal Duke" and "father of the inland waterway system"), lived in Ashridge, near Berkhamsted. The canal became part of the [[Grand Union Canal]] in 1929.<ref name="CanalDDC">{{cite web | url=https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/leisure-culture/shopping-and-town-centres/berkhamsted/the-grand-union-canal | title=The Grand Union Canal | work=Dacorum District Council | access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>