A bill for this , together with one for a rival scheme to link Stamford to the Grand Junction Canal , which also included a link to the South Forty - Foot Drain , were put before Parliament in 1811 .
Neither met with any success .
A bill for this , together with one for a rival scheme to link Stamford to the Grand Junction Canal , which also included a link to the South Forty - Foot Drain , were put before Parliament in 1811 , but neither met with any success .