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The canals of the United Kingdom are a major part of the network of inland waterways in the United Kingdom. They have a varied history, from use for irrigation and transport, through becoming the focus of the Industrial Revolution, to today's role of recreational boating. Despite a period of abandonment, today the canal system in the United ...
Traditional working canal boats In Great Britain nearly 4,000 miles (6,400 km) of canals (shown in brown) were built. The canal network of the United Kingdom played a vital role in the Industrial Revolution. The UK was the first country to develop a nationwide canal network which, at its peak, expanded to nearly 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometres ...
Modern narrowboats for leisure cruising, Bugsworth Basin, Buxworth, Derbyshire, England. A narrowboat is a particular type of canal boat, built to fit the narrow locks of the United Kingdom. The UK's canal system provided a nationwide transport network during the Industrial Revolution, but with the advent of the railways, commercial canal ...
List of the types of canal craft in the United Kingdom. This is a list of the types of craft to be found on the canals and non-tidal rivers of the United Kingdom for which the Canal and River Trust have a licence category: [1] Thames sailing barges, Barges. Dutch barges.
Standedge Tunnels. The Standedge Tunnels ( / stænɪdʒ /) are four parallel tunnels through the Pennine hills at the Standedge crossing between Marsden in Kirklees, West Yorkshire and Diggle in Oldham, Greater Manchester in northern England. Three are railway tunnels (containing the Huddersfield line) and the other is a canal tunnel.
Now a pontoon is set to be installed on the river, meaning the boat will be able to run completely off sunlight. The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust, which operates the boat, said the pontoon will ...
Exeter Ship Canal. The Exeter Ship Canal, also known as the Exeter Canal is a canal leading from (and beside) the River Exe to Exeter Quay in the city of Exeter, Devon, England. It was first constructed in the 1560s, predating the "canal mania" period, and is one of the oldest artificial waterways in the UK. [1] [2]
The following is an incomplete list of canals (or navigable rivers) which pass (at least in part) through Cheshire: Trent and Mersey Canal. Shropshire Union Canal. Macclesfield Canal. Ellesmere Canal. Llangollen Canal. Chester Canal. Manchester Ship Canal. River Weaver.