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- It was designed as a connecting canal to enable heavy goods to be transported over the Pennine chain of mountains from the east coast ports like Hull to Manchester and onward to Liverpool and Ireland.
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The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester. [1] Brindley proposed a route similar to the one built, and another more expensive route via Bury. [2]
Apr 24, 2005 · THE first canal to be built over the formidable barrier of the Pennines, the Rochdale runs from the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge. It passes through Hebden Bridge, Todmorden...
Sep 9, 2019 · Sometimes nicknamed ‘The Everest of canals’, the Rochdale Canal was the first to cross the Pennines when it opened in 1804 (there was then the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1811 and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal by 1816) – and its course in doing so marks a real feat of human engineering.
The Rochdale Canal re-opened to boats in 2002 after an ambitious volunteer restoration project that brought an end to more than 50 years without through navigation. Obstacles had included two motorways, countless road blockages and a scheme to fill the channel with concrete.
By 1799 the canal was open between Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden and from Manchester to Rochdale. A proposed 1.6 mile tunnel between Walsden and Sladen was replaced by more locks and a higher summit level at 600 feet.
The Rochdale Canal was the first of three canals to be built across the Pennines and was opened in 1804. It was a busy commercial route during the nineteenth century but traffic declined during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Rochdale Canal was built by 1804, unusually with wide beamed canal boat capacity and locks capable of taking large barges, even small coastal vessels. It was designed as a connecting canal to enable heavy goods to be transported over the Pennine chain of mountains from the east coast ports like Hull to Manchester and onward to Liverpool and ...
