The Ashton Canal is a canal in Greater Manchester, England, linking Manchester with Ashton-under-Lyne. The Ashton leaves the Rochdale Canal at Ducie St...
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the mid-19th century Ashton had emerged as an important mill town at a convergence of newly constructed canals and railways. Ashton-under-Lyne's transport...
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with the Ashton Canal at Whitelands Basin in Ashton-under-Lyne. It crosses the Pennines by means of 74 locks and the Standedge Tunnel. The canal was first...
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nine locks opened in 1800 and boats using the Ashton Canal could reach Manchester. Officially, the canal opened in 1804, but construction work continued...
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Stockport Branch Canal was a 5-mile (8 km) branch of the Ashton Canal from Clayton to Stockport. The canal left the main line of the Ashton Canal at Stockport...
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sometimes referred to as Bradford-with-Beswick. The River Medlock and the Ashton Canal run through Bradford. The name of the area is ancient and in 1196 the...
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Lancashire Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester Ashton Canal Ashton, Inverclyde Ashton Lane, Glasgow Ashton, Georgia Ashton, Idaho Ashton, Illinois Ashton, Iowa...
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Dukinfield in Greater Manchester, where it makes a junction with the Ashton Canal at the southern end of the Tame Aqueduct (grid reference SJ934984) through...
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Lancashire, in the mid-19th century Droylsden grew as a mill town on the Ashton canal. Beginning in the early 1930s, Droylsden's population expanded rapidly...
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Dukinfield Junction (category Canal junctions in England)
is the name of the canal junction where the Peak Forest Canal, the Ashton Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal meet near Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater...
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northern end would be isolated under plans to close the Ashton Canal and the lower Peak Forest Canal in the early 1960s, but vigorous campaigning and a growing...
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The Wooden Canal Boat Society (WCBS) is a waterway society and a registered charity in England, UK, based at Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. The...
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Retrieved 7 March 2024. Historic England. "Ashton Canal lock keepers cottage on south side of lock number 7 of Ashton Canal (Grade II) (1283049)". National Heritage...
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List of places in Greater Manchester (section Canals)
River Brook Ashton Canal Beat Bank Branch Canal Bridgewater Canal Fairbottom Branch Canal Hollinwood Branch Canal Huddersfield Narrow Canal Islington Branch...
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The Islington Branch Canal was a short canal branch at Ancoats in north-west England, which joined the main line of the Ashton Canal between locks 1 and...
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neighbours the district of Openshaw to the east. The River Medlock and the Ashton Canal both run through it. Around 1200–1230 it was known as Bexwic and it is...
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Cheshire Ring (category Canal rings in the United Kingdom)
West England: the Ashton Canal, Peak Forest Canal, Macclesfield Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal. Because it takes...
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1502 The Hollinwood Branch Canal was a canal near Hollinwood, in Oldham, England. It left the main line of the Ashton Canal at Fairfield Junction immediately...
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Guide Bridge was built as a village around an eponymous bridge over the Ashton Canal. Industries included Scott & Hodgson Ltd which had an engine shop near...
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giving Tameside its name. The Ashton Canal, the Hollinwood Branch Canal, the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, and the Peak Forest Canal all run through the borough...
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Lancaster Canal, Sankey Canal, Bridgewater Canal, Rochdale Canal, Ashton Canal and Manchester Ship Canal. The major settlements in the ceremonial county are...
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coined Cheshire Ring as part of its campaign to save the Ashton Canal and Peak Forest Canal from closure. Working boatmen were concerned with getting...
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Bridgewater Canal – Engineer James Brindley 1772 – Chester Canal 1777 – Trent and Mersey Canal – Engineer James Brindley 1796 – Ashton Canal 1800 – Peak...
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had a thriving canal network, with links to the Ashton Canal, Rochdale Canal the Peak Forest Canal and Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal. The fustian trade...
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Fairbottom Branch Canal was a canal near Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester, England. The canal left the Hollinwood Branch Canal at Fairbottom Junction...
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South Pennine Ring (category Canal rings in the United Kingdom)
ring. Rochdale Canal Calder and Hebble Navigation Huddersfield Broad Canal Huddersfield Narrow Canal Ashton Canal The Rochdale Canal was authorised in...
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Warehouse (section Canal warehouses)
to service the new London Road Station. It had its own branch to the Ashton Canal. This warehouse was built of brick with stone detailing. It had cast...
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The Canal & River Trust (CRT), branded as Glandŵr Cymru in Wales, holds the guardianship of 2,000 miles of canals and rivers, together with reservoirs...
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Stockport Branch Canal and the Beat Bank Branch Canal were both authorised by an Act of Parliament obtained by the Proprietors of the Ashton Canal in March 1793...
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Waterway Recovery Group (category Canal restoration)
local authorities through which the canals ran agreed to restore the lower Peak Forest Canal and the Ashton Canal. Palmer set about organising something...
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