The earliest cast iron aqueduct that is still used for navigation today is at Stalybridge on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal over the River Tame, c 1800. The towpath is carried on the adjacent stone arch
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William Froggatt
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William Froggatt
@CRTBill
Canal & River Trust heritage adviser for the north west, including the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and the Lancaster Canal. Views my own.
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@BridgesCanal @Jon_Shapland @HelmsmanYour @CRTBoating Not sure where this bridge is, but I agree with the 'railway' bridge response. Looks like a skew bridge so not an original one to the canal
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Junction Bridge at Shipley, marking the junction between the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and the Bradford Canal. The latter was closed for the second and final time 100 years ago this month.
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These boats were held up at Blackburn in October (!) 1919 due to a lack of rain - Eanam Wharf, Leeds & Liverpool Canal
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July sees the 20th anniversary of the reopening of the restored Rochdale Canal and a range of activities is being planned to celebrate 🎉 Looking back further, we found this fantastic image taken in 1880 showing numerous workmen in and beside the Piccadilly Lock on the canal ⚒
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An unusual boat propulsion system seen on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a paddle of the type more commonly seen on the Mississippi Navigation @CRTBoating
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@CRTNorthWest @BridgesCanal @Wilfred15608507 @CanalRiverTrust @CRTBoating @ThePhotoHour @cctrust @CRTYorkshireNE I don't know the area, looks nice, could be a leggers hut - leggers took the boat through the tunnel while the horse went over the top
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@BridgesCanal @Wilfred15608507 @CanalRiverTrust @CRTBoating @ThePhotoHour @cctrust @CRTBill Hello! Copying in @CRTYorkshireNE so they could ask their local heritage advisor 💙
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Drakeholes Tunnel No 73 .. Wiseton .. Chesterfield Canal .. @CanalRiverTrust @CRTBoating @ThePhotoHour @cctrust @CRTNorthWest #Nottinghamshire #lifesbetterbywater
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@CRTBoating @CRTYorkshireNE Yes there are still gate paddles like this, at Bingley notably, Gargrave (L&LC) also some on the Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal - lock 3 shown. Some ground paddles have a similar rotating design
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For #ThrowbackThursday we've found this fabulous photo of gate paddle gear on a lock at Gargrave back in 1969. What we'd like to know is, are there still any locks like this @CRTYorkshireNE @CRTBill?
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Interested in a career in heritage construction? @HistoricEngland & @HamishOgstonFdn have partnered to offer 8 apprenticeships starting this autumn. As one of the host firms, you'll learn the skills of the trade with us. Apply now:-
office@ryedaleplasterers.co.uk
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Volunteering my restoration skills for @CRTNorthWest @CRTBoating today in #AppleyBridge
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Thank you Archie you have done a brilliant job. They now look like two of the finest mile posts on the canal
Archie Workman@TheLengthsman
Hi @CRTBill ~ you may recall asking me to restore this milestone pre Lockdowns etc ? Finished it yesterday & the half mile in Appley Bridge There were a couple more you wanted me to look at but have lost your e-mail !
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'Cookham Lock.' (1935) Stanley Spencer had difficulties in painting landscapes directly from nature because of the amount of time it took to complete a picture, sometimes finding the process a chore.
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Great shot of Bingley's new gates. Are you on a boat trip @andnewman ?
Andrew Newman@andnewman
.@CRTBill conducting a close-up inspection of your new gate at Bingley Very wooden!
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For #ThrowbackThursday we are staying in #Skipton in Yorkshire and the Springs Branch of the canal. One of the principle cargos here was stone. These Leeds & Liverpool wide boats are being loaded with limestone by chute. ow.ly/wpQS50IBEbw
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The society is moving forward with it's main aim with kennet to promote the history and education of the canal. We have started a you tube channel. With various ideas in place from timelapses of kennet on the move to informative history insites.
youtube.com/channel/UCFDwJ…
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@writettes @CRTNorthWest Yes the Wigan flight and Johnsons Hillock flight were built at more or less the same time and together saw completion of the canal
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@CRTBill @CRTNorthWest Was the Wigan flight of locks the very last stretch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal to be finished as its bridges are dated 1816?
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Johnsons Hillock Locks Bridge No 81 .. Leeds and Liverpool Canal .. Chorley .. @CRTNorthWest @ThePhotoHour @CanalRiverTrust @CRTBoating @CRTBill @FORLancashire #lifesbetterbywater
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Two coal boats competing for the bottom lock at Johnsons Hillock. Ellen of Wigan Coal & Iron carried coal and cannel from Aspull to Blackburn, believed to have been broken up in 1909
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@CRTBill Fascinating, thank you. I didn't realise there was a South section of the Lancaster Canal until today, there is a fantastic page of the history of the canal on @LCTrust website. Here's a photo of the junction at Johnsons Hillock Locks from last week
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