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Contents 1 Red list 1.1 Full list of (former) canals in the city centre 1.1.1 Parts of the river Amstel 1.1.2 Canals in the Inner City and Lastage 1.1.3 Canals in the Canal Belt 1.1.4 Canals in Jordaan 1.1.5 Other canals in the centre

[edit] Red list

I have moved this list to the talkpage. The intention of the creation of this article was to bring together in one place a discussion of the canal system in Amsterdam and to give details on the more significant canals which could then be broken out in summary style on the major canals. Simply listing the former canals is not by itself significantly helpful to the reader as the list is not put in a meaningful context. However, it can be useful to have such a list somewhere from which people can draw information and make a decision if the canal needs to be mentioned in the article - so I have moved the list here. Red linking these minor canals is unproductive and inappropriate as full articles will not be written on them - note that Prinsengracht hasn't yet grown into a break away article, and that is one of the more significant canals. If there is something to say then that can be said here in this article, and people can keep adding until the canal achieves a section of its own, and people can keep adding until the section can be broken out in summary style to a stand-alone article. If there is some disagreement with this move then I would welcome a discussion to seek a consensus. SilkTork *^YES! 17:22, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Full list of (former) canals in the city centre

[edit] Parts of the river Amstel

Inner City:

• Damrak (partly filled up)
• Rokin (partly filled up)

Canal Belt:

• Amstel

[edit] Canals in the Inner City and Lastage

[edit] Canals in the Canal Belt

[edit] Canals in Jordaan

[edit] Other canals in the centre