Water
The Cinque Ports were important mediaeval ports. They were Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney and Hastings, and later Rye and Winchelsea. All of these have silted up, with the exception of Dover which is a busy RORO ferry port. Ramsgate is a container port. The Medway Estuary has been an important port and naval base for 500 years. The River Medway is tidal up to Allington and navigable up to Tonbridge. There are two canals in Kent, the Royal Military Canal between Hythe and Rye, which is still extant, and the Thames and Medway Canal between Strood and Gravesend. Built in 1824, it was bought up by the railways in 1846 and backfilled.
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Famous quotes containing the word water:
“A little water clears us of this deed.
How easy is it then!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“No speed of wind or water rushing by
But you have speed far greater.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“A kind heart he hath. A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)