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The Wendover Arm Canal is part of the Grand Union Canal in England , and forms part of the British canal system .. Wendover. Wendover. Grand Union Canal. Grand Union Canal. British canal system. Canals of the United Kingdom. It was planned as a feeder to carry water from springs near the town of Wendover in Buckinghamshire to the main line of the Grand Junction Canal at Bulbourne near Star Top End in Hertfordshire , but when it opened in 1799 it was navigable , as the extra cost of making it so was small .. Grand Junction Canal. Grand Junction Canal. Wendover. Wendover. Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire. Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire. Water supplies from Wendover were found to be inadequate , and a series of reservoirs were built .. Wendover. Wendover. A pumping station at Whitehouses was superseded by the Tringford pumping station in 1817 ; its steam engines were replaced by diesel engines in 1911 and then by electric pumps .. The canal was used for the carriage of coal to three gasworks , and for transport of straw to London and horse manure in the opposite direction .. It was also used by the Heygates flour mill , and Bushell 's built boats on its banks .. Despite several attempts to rectify problems with leakage , including one of the earliest uses of asphalt for this purpose , no satisfactory solutiuon was found , and most of the 6.7 mi canal ceased to be used for navigation in 1904 .. asphalt. asphalt. Water levels in the upper section were lowered , and a pipeline was constructed along part of the bed , so that water could still be supplied to Tring summit .. The canal became part of the Grand Union Canal in 1929 , and responsibility passed to British Waterways in 1963 .. Grand Union Canal. Grand Union Canal. British Waterways. British Waterways. Initial attempts to reopen the canal following the formation of the Grand Union Canal Society in 1967 were unsuccessful , but interest revived in 1985 , and soon after a decision by the Department of Transport in 1988 to build a navigable culvert where the new Aston Clinton bypass would cross the arm , the Wendover Arm Trust was formed .. Wendover. Wendover. Grand Union Canal. Grand Union Canal. Department of Transport. Department for Transport. Aston Clinton bypass. A41 road#Tring to Bicester. They have split the task of reopening the canal into three phases , and phase 1 of the project , the first 1.3 mi from the junction at Bulbourne to a winding hole near Little Tring Farm , was completed and reopened in 2005 .. They have started to reline the section which leaked so badly , using Bentonite matting , and at Easter 2015 the first 0.25 mi of phase 2 were filled with water for the first time since 1904 .. Bentonite. Bentonite. Another section is expected to be rewatered in 2016 , and Heritage Lottery Funding may speed the completion of phase 2 .