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King William ordered the planning of the canal, and construction started in 1823. The canal was completed in 1826 and named for the king. The 123 km-long canal runs through the Belgian province of LimburgLimburg is the easternmost province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and is located west of the Meuse river. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Liege, Flemish Brabant and Antwerp. Its cap, the Dutch province of LimburgLimburg is the southern-most of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands, located in the south-east of the country. It is bordered by Belgium in the west, Germany in the east, and the province of North Brabant in the north. Limburg Province of the Netherla and, for the largest part, through the Dutch province of North BrabantNorth Brabant ( Dutch: Noord-Brabant is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River Maas in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west. Noord-Brabant Province of the Net. At the time of the canal's construction, all of these regions were part of the United Kingdom of the NetherlandsUnited Kingdom of the Netherlands ( 1815 1830) ( 1839) ( Dutch: Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden French: Royaume-Uni des Pays-Bas . The name used to refer to a new unified European state created during the Congress of Vienna in 1815. This state, also o ( 1815Events January 3 Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. January 8 War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans February 3 The first commercial cheese factory is founded in Switzerland February 6 New Jersey g– 1830Events February 3 The previously autonomous state of Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervisio/ 39Events January 9 The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. January 19 British East India Company captures Aden January 20 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance. February 24 William Ot).

The canal created new possibilities for development of the poor towns on the sandy grounds of North Brabant, such as HelmondHelmond (population 85,500) is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. Population centres Brouwhuis Helmond Mierlo-Hout Stiphout. The city of Helmond First settlements in the area were around 1000, and Helmond was granted city rights in app and Veghel and created an alternative traderoute for ships that did not want to sail the Meuse.

Nowadays the channel is being enlarged to make more room for ships with higher tonnage and therefore the development of larger industries.