Rebuilding the Heybridge Chunker The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, is a canal that spans 14 miles from Chelmsford in Essex to the sea lock at Heybridge near Maldon. The canal, which opened in 1797, was once a trade route, and is now used mainly for leisure purposes during the summer months. Waterways that cross the canal are diverted underneath it by culverts that are known locally as chunkers. The chunker at Heybridge carries the flo

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