Shared description

Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal

The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal is a disused canal, built to link Bolton and Bury with Manchester. The canal, when fully completed in 1796, was 15 miles long. It was connected with the River Irwell in Salford, in 1808.

From Salford the canal ran up the Irwell valley to reach Nob End, where it climbed the Prestolee Locks, and then split into two branches leading to Bolton and Bury. The canal was built principally to serve the many collieries in the area, as well as to transport other cargo such as stone and timber.

By 1846 a parallel railway had been built to Bury, and the canal went into decline. The Bolton arm went out of use in 1924, though with some minor use until 1947. The Bury arm was breached just above Nob End in 1936, but the then isolated Bury arm continued to be used until 1951, principally between the canalside Ladyshore Colliery and Bury. The final section of the canal was officially closed in 1961, and much of it was filled in.
.

LinkExternal link Exploring Greater Manchester, a fieldwork guide (web edition); edited by Paul Hindle, Manchester Geographical Society
LinkExternal link Wikipedia article
LinkExternal link Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society website
LinkExternal link Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, Pennine Waterways
by David Dixon

Created: Tue, 16 Nov 2010, Updated: Tue, 16 Nov 2010


700 images use this description. Preview sample shown below:

SD7707 : Apex Mill Fire Escape by David Dixon
SD7506 : Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal by David Dixon
SD7908 : Rainbow over Bury by David Dixon
SD7807 : Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, Bridge 17e ("The Red Bridge") by David Dixon
SD7807 : Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal at Radcliffe by David Dixon
SD7707 : Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, Scotson Fold by David Dixon
SD7506 : Nob End Lock by David Dixon
SD7908 : Cygnet by David Dixon
SD7909 : Save Our Greenbelt by David Dixon
SD7807 : Duck Family on the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal at Radcliffe by David Dixon
SD7706 : Mute Swan by David Dixon
SD7807 : Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, Remains of Railway Bridge at Radcliffe by David Dixon
SD7908 : Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal between Withins and Rothwell Bridges by David Dixon
SD7909 : Duck Family on the Canal by David Dixon
SD7808 : Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal between Bury and Radcliffe by David Dixon
SD7606 : Mount Sion Steam Crane (detail) by David Dixon
SD7506 : Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal, Dam by David Dixon
SD7807 : Limit Your Use by David Dixon
SD7606 : Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal at sunset by Bradley Michael
SD7505 : Canal near Prestolee road Bridge by Raymond Knapman
SD7908 : Bridge #18, Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal by N Chadwick
SJ8298 : Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, Salford by David Dixon
SD7808 : Canal and Flooded Field by David Dixon
SD7606 : Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal by David Dixon
SD7706 : Mount Sion Bridge by David Dixon

... and 675 more images.

Shared descriptions

This shared description

The 'Shared Description' text on this page is © copyright 2010 David Dixon.

Shared descriptions are specifically licensed so that contributors can reuse them on their own images, without restriction.

About shared descriptions

These Shared Descriptions are common to multiple images.

For example, you can create a generic description for an object shown in a photo, and reuse the description on all photos of the object. All descriptions are public and shared between contributors, i.e. you can reuse a description created by others, just as they can use yours.

Explore images

View images using this "Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal" Shared Description

View images mentioning the words [Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal] anywhere in text


Links for SD752063

This description is located in SD752063.

Other shared descriptions

Descriptions nearby

Related descriptions

The above selections are automatic and approximate, it might not always select closely matching descriptions


You are not logged in login | register