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Category Archives: Canals & waterways

Home / Archive Category: Canals & waterways

River Kennall

Jan 28, 2023Daisy GraceCanals & waterways, CornwallNot on Wikipedia

River in south-west Cornwall.

Stanley Ferry Aqueduct

Jun 27, 2021Daisy GraceBridges, Canals & waterways, Yorkshire

World’s largest cast-iron aqueduct when it was built between 1837 and 1839.

Calder and Hebble Navigation

Aug 30, 2020Daisy GraceCanals & waterways, Yorkshire

Constructed between 1758 and 1834, the navigation makes the River Calder navigable between Sowerby Bridge and Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Standedge crossings

Aug 19, 2020Daisy GraceCanals & waterways, Greater Manchester, Transport, Yorkshire

Standedge has been a major Pennine crossing point for more than 2,000 years.

Starvationer

Aug 5, 2020Daisy GraceCanals & waterways, Coal mining, Shipping & boatsRedirect

Redirected to Mine boat.

Worsley dry docks

Aug 5, 2020Daisy GraceCanals & waterways, Coal mining, Greater ManchesterNot on Wikipedia

Earliest surviving example of a dry dock on Britain’s canals.

Mine boat

Aug 5, 2020Daisy GraceCanals & waterways, Coal mining, Shipping & boats

Boats built to transport coal from the Duke of Bridgewater’s pits in Worsley

Manchester Ship Canal

Feb 24, 2020Eric CorbettCanals & waterways

36-mile-long (58 km) inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea.

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