Editing Portsmouth and Arundel Canal (section)

===Operation===
From the beginning the canal was plagued with various problems, and in 1827 the Portsea section of the canal had to be drained due to complaints about salt water contamination in some of Portsmouth's wells. In 1845 parts of this section were sold to the London and Brighton railway company with another section being sold to the company in 1851.<ref name=TC_PLC />

In 1830 tolls were reduced and for a while traffic picked up with cargoes including 20 tons of marble from the Mediterranean for the king. In the same year the company made Ports Creek navigable to allow the passage of barges around the north of [[Portsea Island]] to [[Portsmouth Harbour]].<ref name=Vine103/> The canal was also used to transport gold and silver for the Bank of England.<ref name=ChichesterCanalp14 />
The canal was unable to compete with the sea routes and by 1832 the canal company was being forced to do the carrying itself. By 1847 the canal, with the exception of the [[Chichester Canal|Chichester arm]], had ceased to be navigable.<ref name=wswp32 />