Jockey's Swivel and Footbridge at Lumb Lane, Droylsden, c1900
 Portland Basin, Ashton-under-Lyne, with the Tame Aqueduct in the foreground, 1962 The Ashton Canal runs six miles (10 km) from central Manchester to Ashton-under-Lyne and it rises through 18 locks to make a head-on junction with the Huddersfield Narrow Canal (formerly the Huddersfield Canal) at Whitelands. Adjoining Portland Basin, in the centre of Ashton-under-Lyne, there is a short arm across the river Tame on the Tame Aqueduct, which makes a head-on junction with the Peak Forest Canal. Image File history File links Jockeys Swivel and Foot Bridge, c1900 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Jockeys Swivel and Foot Bridge, c1900 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Manchester is a city in the north-west of England. ...
Ashton-under-Lyne is a town in Greater Manchester with a population of 44,400 (2001 estimate). ...
Canal locks in England. ...
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal runs just under 20 miles (30 km) between Huddersfield and Ashton under Lyne through 74 locks. ...
South portal of Hyde Bank Tunnel, early 20th century Greens Hall Bridge near Disley, early 20th century The Peak Forest Canal runs from a junction with the Ashton Canal at the southern end of the Tame Aqueduct at Dukinfield through Newton, Hyde, Woodley, Romiley, Marple, Strines, Disley, New Mills, Furness...
The Ashton Canal had four important branches, these being the Islington Branch Canal in Ancoats, the Stockport Branch Canal from Clayton to Stockport (Heaton Norris), the Hollinwood Branch Canal from Fairfield to Hollinwood and the Fairbottom Branch Canal from Waterhouses to Fairbottom. There was to have been a fifth branch, namely the Beat Bank Branch Canal from Reddish to Beat Bank in Denton, but this was abandoned before completion. The Islington Branch Canal left the main line of the Ashton Canal between locks 1 and 2 in Ancoats. ...
Believed to be near Gorton Lower Reservoir where a railway crossed the canal, c1930 Grey Horse Bridge, Reddish, 1906. ...
Waterhouses Aqueduct seen from the river Medlock downstream, 11 June 1983 The Staircase locks at Waterhouses, c1920 Crime Aqueduct seen from the offside of the canal, August 1983 The Hollinwood Branch Canal left the main line of the Ashton Canal at Fairfield Junction immediately above lock 18. ...
Taylors Stop Place looking north east, 31 March 1983 The Fairbottom Branch Canal left the Hollinwood Branch Canal at Fairbottom Junction immediately above lock 22. ...
The canal earthworks looking east south east from Ross Lave Lane, Denton, 26 August 1981 The Beat Bank Branch Canal was to leave the Stockport Branch Canal in South Reddish and it was to be lock free but with a short tunnel. ...
Between Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne the Ashton Canal passes through Ancoats, Holt Town, Bradford-with-Beswick, Clayton, Openshaw, Droylsden, Fairfield and Audenshaw, all in the County of Lancaster (now Greater Manchester). A former Rochdale Canal Warehouse at Dale Street Basin, now fully restored for alternative use, 14 July 2005 Brownsfield Mill on Great Ancoats Street by the Rochdale Canal, 14 July 2005. ...
The main entrance to Philips Park Cemetery on Alan Turing Way (formerly Mill Street), July 1999 The river Medlock flowing between Philips Park and the cemetery, 18 January 2004 // Bradford-with-Beswick The name, ‘Bradford-with-Beswick’, appears to have been coined by Christ Church, which was the 19th century...
The canal received its Act of Parliament in 1792 and it opened in 1797. Competition from railways, and later road transport, greatly diminsihed traffics, and through traffic had ended by 1945. Following nationalisation in 1947-8, traffic did not revived, and all traffic had ceased by 1958, after which maintenance was run down. By 1961, combined with vandalism, the canal had become unnavigable, and its retention for pleasure use seemed unlikely. Pressure from the Inland Waterways Association, combined with the formation of the Peak Forest Canal Society, led to a campaign to reopen it, with the major organised volunteer clearance of the section though Droylsden in September 1968, known as Operation Ashton. Further campaigning, and the growth of local authority support, led to its restoration, along with the adjacent lower Peak Forest Canal, and reopening on 1 April 1974. 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
There have since been separate proposals and campaigns to restore the Hollinwood Branch and Stockport Branches.
In central Manchester there have been a number of thefts from boats. This, for a time, caused boats to go through in convoys. The canal passes by the venue of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Bradford-with-Beswick before heading towards Clayton. Today the Ashton Canal is increasingly valued by the communities through which it passes. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of The Commonwealth. ...
See also For canals of Northern Ireland see the Canals of Ireland article // History See History of the British canal system for a more detailed history. ...
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