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Now quieter, thanks to a bypass, it once had a wharf on the Grand Junction Canal which passed a quarter of a mile north of the village.

The locks and docks at Eastham form the western end of the Manchester Ship Canal.

His model village provided all the essential living amenities, and for recreation he provided a spacious park on the opposite side of the river and canal.

James Brindley created this successful canal in 1772. It was a vital part of the Grand Cross network that linked the rivers Trent, Servern, Thames and Mersey.

Nowadays its popular, quiet tree-fringed length carries canal boats refurbished for tourists. Richard Turner, one of the temperance leaders, was born in Bilsborrow.

Built between 1796 and 1801 at a cost of £20,898, the aqueduct carries the canal 70 feet above the River Ceiriog for a distance of 710 feet.

His model village provided all the essential living amenities, and for recreation he provided a spacious park on the opposite side of the river and canal.

Blackburn had started to expand with the canal age.Then, in 1797, its first turnpike opened, connecting it with Bolton.

The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats (the one in front is the 'Clio') head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal.

A ditch ran alongside the building until the 1850s, which was intended to link Southampton with the Andover Canal and the River Test.This used to be the home of the town gunner, with the guns and

It involved the excavation and removal of 48 million cubic yds of earth, the building of a tidal lock at Eastham, and of four other sets of locks to raise the canal sixty feet above sea level

Not only did the coming of the canal vastly lower distribution costs for the industrial towns of Yorkshire, it also provided a localised transport service for the towns and cities through which it passed

This was just one lock in the long climb from the west edge of London up the Chilterns: there were 25 miles and 42 locks on the Grand Junction Canal (later to become part of the Grand Union), the original

Not only did the coming of the canal vastly lower distribution costs for the industrial towns of Yorkshire, it also provided a localised transport service for the towns and cities through which it passed

The coming of firstly the Grand Union Canal and then the railways, led to the establishment of modern Linslade at its present location.

The parkland of 18th-century Welton Place sweeps south to the north bank of the Grand Union Canal, in its cutting leading to the east portal of the Braunston Tunnel.

The Bude Canal was opened in 1826 from this harbour basin, with a sea lock just visible in the distance.

Our photographer is standing on Doctors Bridge over the Bridgewater Canal, and High Street runs left and right from the top of the square.

The owners of the nearby Grand Union Canal bought the mill around 1820, installing a steam engine, but after about 1900 all milling seems to have ceased.

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants to build a canal; they saw it as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and transporting other goods out into towns in the heart of Lancashire.

The cavern's unique feature is a 750yd underground canal.

These locks are so close together that in order to maintain a satisfactory supply of water, it was necessary to extend the canal at the left-hand side above each chamber.

Though William was himself a farmer, he was also a land surveyor, property developer and investor in canals. He obtained Syerston in 1792 when he bought 500 acres from Lewis Fytche for £12,375.

The sunken car park (left) and the railings (right) provide a visible clue to the course of the old canal tunnel.