The Wilts and Berks Canal was opened in 1810 and abandoned in 1914.  It is going through a restoration (apparently the longest restoration project in Britain!).  The photographs on this page concern part of the section that runs through Wichelstowe.  See photographs of the former canal route in  Swindon town Centre.

There is plenty of information available at   Wiltshire Swindon and Oxfordshire Canal Partnership.