2014

SJ9688 : Macclesfield Canal approaching Marple Junction, Stockport

taken 10 years ago, near to Marple, Stockport, England

Macclesfield Canal approaching Marple Junction, Stockport
Macclesfield Canal approaching Marple Junction, Stockport
At the junction, beyond the former stop-lock narrows, this canal meets the Peak Forest Canal.
The Macclesfield Canal

One of the last narrow canals to be built the canal was approved by Act of Parliament in April 1826. Thomas Telford surveyed the canal and construction was engineered by William Crosley. The completed canal was opened on 9th November 1831 at a cost of £320,000.00. The canal was bought out by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincoln Railway in 1847. With nationalisation in 1947 it passed to the Docks & Inland Waterways Board with commercial carrying finishing only in the 1960's shortly before British Waterways was formed. The canal runs from Marple Junction with the Peak Forest Canal in the north 26¼ miles to the stop lock at Hall Green near Kidsgrove. The canal is noted for its six fine change or snake bridges where the tow-path changes sides of the canal. These bridges were designed to allow the horse to move over without having to untie it from the boat. Thanks to Telford's design for commercial traffic the Macclesfield Canal has a very shallow and tapered bottom. The deep channel is just wide enough for two boats to pass in the centre making mooring other than at wharves 'challenging'.


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SJ9688, 360 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 5 September, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 9 January, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 9612 8838 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:23.5344N 2:3.5885W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 9608 8835
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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