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Rochdale Canal

The Rochdale Canal runs for 33 miles between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire, UK. In Sowerby Bridge it connects with the Calder and Hebble Navigation. In Manchester it connects with the Ashton and Bridgewater Canals.

The canal was opened between Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden and from Manchester to Rochdale in 1799 and between Todmorden and Rochdale in 1805. Most of the canal was closed in 1952. Restoration work began in late 1980s and by 1996 the canal was opened to navigation once again between Sowerby Bridge and the summit level. The canal was re-opened to navigation along its entire length in July 2002 and forms part of the South Pennine Ring.

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by Gerald England

Created: Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Updated: Wed, 16 Jun 2010

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SJ8397 : Manchester: Rochdale Canal, 1983 by Christopher Hilton

SJ8498 : The Rochdale Canal by Thomas Nugent

SJ8699 : Rochdale Canal, Bridge 83a by David Dixon

SD8810 : Rochdale Canal, Manchester Road Bridge by David Dixon

SD8901 : Rochdale Canal and Regent Mill, Failsworth by David Dixon

SJ8498 : Lock in a tunnel by Gerald England

SD9926 : Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge by David Dixon

SJ8397 : Rochdale Canal Lock 92 by David Dixon

SE0523 : The Rochdale Canal, Sowerby Bridge by habiloid

SJ8397 : Rochdale Canal towpath: the back of the former Haçienda site by Christopher Hilton

SD9927 : Rochdale Canal, Bridge #17 by David Dixon

SJ8498 : Piccadilly Basin by Gerald England

SE0523 : A jetty on The Rochdale Canal, Sowerby Bridge by habiloid

SJ8497 : Rochdale Canal from Minshull Street Bridge by Gerald England

SJ8498 : Under Great Ancoats Street by Gerald England

SD9420 : Yorkshire/Lancashire Boundary Sign on The Rochdale Canal by David Dixon

SJ8497 : Stile at Chorlton Street Lock, Rochdale Canal – 1980 by Alan Murray-Rust

SJ8397 : Rochdale Canal, Manchester by David Dixon

SJ8498 : Rochdale Canal, Piccadilly by David Dixon

SJ8699 : Rochdale Canal, Lock 78 by David Dixon

SJ8497 : Rochdale Canal by Gerald England

SJ8397 : Rochdale Canal at Castlefield by Gerald England

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