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The '''[[Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal]]''' is a disused [[canal]] in [[Greater Manchester]], [[North West England]], built to link [[Bolton]] and [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]] with [[Manchester]]. The canal, when fully opened, was 15 [[mile]]s 1 [[furlong]] (24.3 [[kilometre|km]]) long. It was accessed via a junction with the [[River Irwell]] in [[City of Salford|Salford]]. Seventeen [[lock (water transport)|locks]] were required to climb to the [[route summit|summit]] as it passed through [[Pendleton, Greater Manchester|Pendleton]], heading northwest to [[Prestolee]] before it split northwest to Bolton and northeast to Bury. The canal was commissioned in 1791 by local landowners and businessmen and built between 1791 and 1808, during the [[History_of_the_British_canal_system#The_Golden_Age|Golden Age]] of canal building, at a cost of [[pound stirling|£]]127,700. Originally designed for [[narrowboat|narrow gauge boats]], the canal was altered during its construction into a [[Barge|broad gauge]] canal to allow an ultimately unrealised connection with the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]]. The majority of the freight carried was coal from local [[coal mining|collieries]] but, as the mines reached the end of their working lives, sections of the canal fell into disuse and disrepair and it was officially abandoned in 1961. In 1987, a society was formed with the aim of restoring the canal for leisure use and, in 2006, restoration began in the area around the junction with the River Irwell in Salford. The canal is currently navigable as far as East Ordsall Lane, in Salford. ('''[[Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal|more...]]''') |
The '''[[Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal]]''' is a disused [[canal]] in [[Greater Manchester]], [[North West England]], built to link [[Bolton]] and [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]] with [[Manchester]]. The canal, when fully opened, was 15 [[mile]]s 1 [[furlong]] (24.3 [[kilometre|km]]) long. It was accessed via a junction with the [[River Irwell]] in [[City of Salford|Salford]]. Seventeen [[lock (water transport)|locks]] were required to climb to the [[route summit|summit]] as it passed through [[Pendleton, Greater Manchester|Pendleton]], heading northwest to [[Prestolee]] before it split northwest to Bolton and northeast to Bury. The canal was commissioned in 1791 by local landowners and businessmen and built between 1791 and 1808, during the [[History_of_the_British_canal_system#The_Golden_Age|Golden Age]] of canal building, at a cost of [[pound stirling|£]]127,700. Originally designed for [[narrowboat|narrow gauge boats]], the canal was altered during its construction into a [[Barge|broad gauge]] canal to allow an ultimately unrealised connection with the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]]. The majority of the freight carried was coal from local [[coal mining|collieries]] but, as the mines reached the end of their working lives, sections of the canal fell into disuse and disrepair and it was officially abandoned in 1961. In 1987, a society was formed with the aim of restoring the canal for leisure use and, in 2006, restoration began in the area around the junction with the River Irwell in Salford. The canal is currently navigable as far as East Ordsall Lane, in Salford. ('''[[Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal|more...]]''') |
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Latest revision as of 06:14, 2 April 2021
The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal is a disused canal in Greater Manchester, North West England, built to link Bolton and Bury with Manchester. The canal, when fully opened, was 15 miles 1 furlong (24.3 km) long. It was accessed via a junction with the River Irwell in Salford. Seventeen locks were required to climb to the summit as it passed through Pendleton, heading northwest to Prestolee before it split northwest to Bolton and northeast to Bury. The canal was commissioned in 1791 by local landowners and businessmen and built between 1791 and 1808, during the Golden Age of canal building, at a cost of £127,700. Originally designed for narrow gauge boats, the canal was altered during its construction into a broad gauge canal to allow an ultimately unrealised connection with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The majority of the freight carried was coal from local collieries but, as the mines reached the end of their working lives, sections of the canal fell into disuse and disrepair and it was officially abandoned in 1961. In 1987, a society was formed with the aim of restoring the canal for leisure use and, in 2006, restoration began in the area around the junction with the River Irwell in Salford. The canal is currently navigable as far as East Ordsall Lane, in Salford. (more...)
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