2010

SJ9688 : Macclesfield Canal

taken 14 years ago, near to Marple, Stockport, England

This is 1 of 7 images, with title Macclesfield Canal in this square
Macclesfield Canal
Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal at Marple from bridge #2 looking towards bridge #1 where it joins 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'.

Peak Forest Canal

The Peak Forest Canal runs for 15 miles between Ashton under Lyne and Whaley Bridge.

It was built to link the Ashton Canal with the tramways that brought limestone from the Peak District quarries.

The Lower Peak Forest Canal forms part of the "Cheshire Ring".

LinkExternal link Pennine Waterways website including a "virtual tour" of the canal
LinkExternal link and LinkExternal link for information on the history of the canal


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Category: Canal
This photo is linked from: Groupings: · Same view - opposite direction Automatic Clusters: · Joins the Peak Forest Canal [15] Title Clusters: · Macclesfield Canal [7] ·
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SJ9688, 360 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Gerald England   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 18 August, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 20 August, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 960 883 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:23.5128N 2:3.6155W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 960 883
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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