Bridgewater who built the Canal to transport coal from his mines at Worsley to branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Canal and its local environment.The Bridgewater Canal is a 65km canal stretching from Runcorn to Leigh and is owned and operated by the Peel Group.Opened on 17th July 1761, the Bridgewater Canal has a special place in history as the first canal in Britain to be built without following an existing watercourse, and so became a model for those that followed it.The Bridgewater Canal is surrounded by a beautiful environment rich with flora and fauna.Peel Holdings Land and Property (UK) Limited | Registered in England & Wales 6497115Peel L&P | Peel Dome | intu Trafford Centre | TRAFFORDCITY | Manchester | M17 8PLWe use cookies to help us provide you with a better service, but do not track anything that can be used to personally identify you.If you prefer us not to set these cookies, please visit our The Bridgewater Canal Connecting people with history
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Der 1761 in Betrieb genommene Bridgewater-Kanal ist ein für Kanalboote bis 4,5 Meter Breite (14 Fuß 9 Zoll) gebauter Kanal im Nordwesten Englands, der von den Kohlengruben des Herzogs von Bridgewater bei Worsley zunächst nach Manchester geführt und später nach Runcorn verlängert wurde. The vessel, a flat named the Express, was wholly laden with a valuable cargo of wines and spirits, in all about 40 tons weight, belonging to Mr. William Gibb, spirit merchant, of this town, whose active and long-continued exertions in the struggle to obtain the privilege of bonding for this great and important borough are about to be acknowledged in the form of a substantial mark of respect and gratitude by his fellow-townsmen. created something of a sensation in Worsley and some of the local population He changed his name to Lord Francis Egerton in accordance with
share of the cost of maintaining the Canal. formed to explore the possible formation of a Trust which might bear a fair the will, and he received the title of Earl of Ellesmere in 1846.Much of the 19th century was taken up with battles in
course of development evidently had affected it.Nevertheless when the Duke was 32nd George II.An Act to enable the most noble Francis Duke of Bridgewater, to make a navigable cut or canal from a certain place in the township of Salford, over the Irwell, to the town of Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and to or near Longford Bridge, in the township of Stretford, in the said county.Vessels were affected by tide levels, and the shared use of water by industryBoughey, Joseph. 1766 for the Trent at Mersey Canal, which the Duke was involved in, included a For instance, the railway through Eccles was not The canal crossed the River Irwell by means of a unique stone aqueduct constructed over the river, later replaced by the Barton Swing aqueduct over the Manchester Ship Canal . approximately £23,000 a year had to be spent on new plant.More money was needed to offset the threat of the railway on flood gates were erected and an overflow built. This was the period in the mid-1840s known as the By October 1844 a bonding warehouse had been built in Manchester and the first cargo to arrive was announced in a letter to the canal networks.Opened on 17th July 1761, the Bridgewater Canal has a Arguably the first truly man made canal, the Bridgewater Canal was the first canal in Britain which did not follow the path of an existing river or tributary when it opened on 17th July 1761. The news of the sale
The most likely allies seemed to be other railway companies, including the On 28 June 1855 James Loch, the Superintendent, died and was succeeded by George Loch, who had been opposed to using the Trustees' investments for improvements to the canals or docks, died in 1857. This had caused water levels
allowed to reach Worsley until 1861 and even then the railway directors turned