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The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is an inland waterway in Northern England. It runs just under 20 miles (35 km) from the junction with the Huddersfield Broad Canal near Aspley Basin at Huddersfield to the junction with the Ashton Canal at Whitefields Basin in Ashton under Lyne. It crosses the Pennines by means of 74 locks and the Standedge Tunnel. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 449 × 600 pixels Full resolution (789 × 1054 pixel, file size: 175 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Huddersfield Narrow Canal User:Richard...
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The University of Huddersfield is a University in the town of Huddersfield, England. ...
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The Huddersfield Broad Canal runs for 3 3/4 miles (6 km) between Cooper Bridge where it meets the Calder and Hebble Navigation, and Huddersfield where it meets the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. ...
Aspley is a suburb to the north of Brisbane, Australia. ...
Huddersfield is a large town in England near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme. ...
Jockeys 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...
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Typical Pennine scenery. ...
Canal locks in England. ...
The tunnel entrance at Marsden The Standedge Tunnels (Standedge is normally pronounced Stannige) are four parallel tunnels that run beneath the Pennines at the traditional Standedge crossing point between Marsden and Diggle, on the edges of the conurbations of West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester respectively, in northern England. ...
Building the Canal
Planning The canal was first proposed in 1793 at a meeting in the George Hotel, Huddersfield. Its engineer was Benjamin Outram on the recommendation of William Jessop. His plan was to start from the Huddersfield Broad Canal and follow the Colne valley with a climb of 438 feet to its summit, where it would pass through a tunnel at Standedge before descending through Saddleworth and the Tame valley to the Ashton Canal near Stalybridge. There were many cotton mills along its route which promised ample trade. However there was the possible problem of the loss of their water supplies, so Outram proposed to build a number of reservoirs. 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Huddersfield is a large town in England near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme. ...
Benjamin Outram (1 April 1764 - 22 May 1805) was an English civil engineer. ...
William Jessop (23 January 1745 - 18 November 1814) was a noted English civil engineer, particularly famed for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ...
The Huddersfield Broad Canal runs for 3 3/4 miles (6 km) between Cooper Bridge where it meets the Calder and Hebble Navigation, and Huddersfield where it meets the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. ...
The River Colne rises in the Pennines in West Yorkshire. ...
Map showing the location of Standedge in the United Kingdom Standedge (normally pronounced Stannige) is a moorland escarpment in the Pennine Hills of northern England. ...
Saddleworth is a rural and hilly civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester in North West England. ...
The River Tame is a river in the north west of England. ...
Jockeys 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...
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Construction Construction began in 1794 with the marking out of the route. The practice was to set up a line of pegs or stakes about 150 feet apart so that their tops would indicate the intended water level. It would then be possible to construct the appropriate embankments and cuttings. 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
As engineer, Outram provided an oversight of the work, whilst also occupied by other projects. The day to day management was carried out by contractors employed and organised by the canal company committee. Progress was slow and erratic. It was also unfortunate that Outram was seriously ill for long periods between 1795 to 1797. The company was also short of money, partly because the costs had been seriously underestimated, but also because shareholders were not honouring their pledges.
In 1799, severe floods damaged earthworks along the canal and of the various reservoirs. In particular, overflow of the Tunnelend reservoir devastated the village of Marsden. Two aqueducts were also destroyed, diverting the company's, already stretched, funds. The Stakes Aqueduct was already in use and had to be replaced immediately. Outram had built it of stone and, due to its low height, it had needed to be constructed in four short spans. The narrow openings had impeded the unprecedented overflow and Outram replaced it with a single span cast iron structure, similar to the Holmes Aqueduct on the Derby Canal. ...
Statistics Population: 3,499 (2001 census data) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE048116 Administration Metropolitan borough: Kirklees Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Fire and rescue: West Yorkshire Ambulance...
The Derby Canal ran 14 miles from the Trent and Mersey Canal at Swarkestone to the Erewash Canal at Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England. ...
Outram set out to overcome the problems with the Holmes Aqueduct by making the walls thicker where they joined the baseplates, which also were thicker. However a major stress was the compressive force along the top of the wall plates where they bow outwards or inwards. In 1875 cross bracings were added to reinforce it. The Stakes Aqueduct is the oldest surviving aqueduct of its type that is still in use for its original purpose. 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
The Standedge Tunnel -
 The Standedge canal tunnel entrance at Marsden Although the canal uses 74 locks to climb and descend the Pennnines, there would have had to be many more without the digging of a very long tunnel through the Tame/Colne watershed (the Colne flowing down to Huddersfield and the River Calder, and the Tame flowing down to Stockport and the River Mersey). The canal tunnel is 3 miles 418 yd (5,209 m) long making it the longest canal tunnel in the United Kingdom. It is largely brick lined but in some places the tunnel has been left with a natural rock surface. The Huddersfield Narrow Canal runs just under 20 miles between Huddersfield and Ashton under Lyne through 74 locks. ...
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Statistics Population: 3,499 (2001 census data) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE048116 Administration Metropolitan borough: Kirklees Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Fire and rescue: West Yorkshire Ambulance...
The River Colne rises in the Pennines in West Yorkshire. ...
The River Calder is a river flowing through the predominantly urban areas of West Yorkshire, England, and gives its name to the borough of Calderdale. ...
The River Tame is a river in the north west of England. ...
Ferry across the Mersey, June 2005 The River Mersey is a river in north-western England. ...
A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ...
A yard (abbreviation: yd) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...
The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ...
The "Black Flood" In 1810, the Diggle Moss reservoir gave way and Marsden was again flooded, along with much of the Colne Valley. Houses and factories were wrecked and five people lost their lives. The force of the water was such that a fifteen ton rock was carried two miles down the valley. 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
The name Diggle might refer to: Diggle - A village in Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England. ...
The Colne Valley crosses the Pennines in West Yorkshire. ...
Completion Despite multiple problems, the building of the Huddersfield Narrow canal showed that the technique of quantity surveying had advanced greatly. Thomas Telford's report during the construction of the Standedge Tunnel covered every expenditure to the last bucket; it was followed to the letter and the canal finally opened in 1811. Thomas Telford (August 9, 1757 - September 2, 1834) was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. ...
1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Operation The canal operated for approximately 140 years and although moderately successful for a while its width (limited to boats less than 7ft wide), number of locks, and long tunnel made it much less profitable than its main rival, the Rochdale Canal, which had a similar number of locks, but was twice as wide, with no long tunnel. The Standedge tunnel proved to be a real bottleneck, having been constructed without an integral towpath. Narrowboats had to be 'legged' through, eventually by professionally employed leggers. A company employee would chain the tunnel entrance behind a convoy of boats, and walk over Boat Lane, accompanied by boat boys and girls, leading the boat horses, to unchain the opposite end of the tunnel before the boat convoy arrived. This journey was made at least twice per day, for over twenty years. The construction of a double railway tunnel parallel with its route affected the revenue that was brought in and the canal was abandoned in 1944. A Lock on the Rochdale Canal with water flowing over the gate due to the lack of a side channel. ...
Moored narrowboats near Tardebigge, Worcestershire, England Horse drawing a narrowboat on the Kennet and Avon Canal. ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
The Canal Today In the late 20th century, the canal was successively restored until it was fully opened to navigation in 2001, when it again became one of three Pennine crossings, the others being the Rochdale and the Leeds and Liverpool (both broad canals). The canal is now entirely used by leisure boaters. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in the north of England running from Liverpool, Merseyside to Leeds, West Yorkshire. ...
A relaxing afternoon of leisure: a young girl resting in a pool. ...
Aspley Basin, near the junction between the Broad and Narrow canals Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 449 pixels Full resolution (1400 × 786 pixel, file size: 215 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Huddersfield Narrow Canal Aspley, Huddersfield...
| Tunnel below Wakefield Road connecting Aspley Basin with the Huddersfield Narrow Canal Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 599 pixels Full resolution (1400 × 1048 pixel, file size: 186 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Huddersfield Narrow Canal User:Richard...
| Electricity Pylon straddling the canal at Stalybridge Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 449 × 600 pixels Full resolution (483 × 645 pixel, file size: 118 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)I (Iain Hart - iain@cs. ...
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| The Huddersfield Narrow is part of the South Pennine Ring, which is a circular route crossing the Pennines twice - the other crossing is the Rochdale Canal. The canals are linked at the western (Lancashire) end by the Ashton Canal and at the eastern (Yorkshire) end by the Huddersfield Broad Canal and a length of the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The South Pennine Ring takes in Huddersfield, Golcar, Slaithwaite, Marsden, Saddleworth Diggle, Uppermill, Greenfield, Stalybridge, Ashton, Manchester, Failsworth, Rochdale, Littleborough, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Elland, and Brighouse. Typical Pennine scenery. ...
A Lock on the Rochdale Canal with water flowing over the gate due to the lack of a side channel. ...
Jockeys 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...
The Huddersfield Broad Canal runs for 3 3/4 miles (6 km) between Cooper Bridge where it meets the Calder and Hebble Navigation, and Huddersfield where it meets the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. ...
Looking towards the terminal basin of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, from a point near the junction with the Rochdale Canal The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a wide-locked (140) navigable inland waterway system in West Yorkshire, England. ...
Huddersfield is a large town in England near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme. ...
Golcar is a hill town in the Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, England, 4 km west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. ...
Slaithwaite (pronounced Slathwait or Slawit but never Slaythwait; pronunciation varies) is a village in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, near Huddersfield, on the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. ...
Statistics Population: 3,499 (2001 census data) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE048116 Administration Metropolitan borough: Kirklees Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Fire and rescue: West Yorkshire Ambulance...
Saddleworth is a rural and hilly civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester in North West England. ...
The name Diggle might refer to: Diggle - A village in Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England. ...
Uppermill is the largest commercial village in the Saddleworth region in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ...
Greenfield is a village in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. ...
Statistics Population: 22,568 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ963985 Administration District: Tameside Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Cheshire / Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North...
Ashton is the name of numerous places: Australia Ashton, South Australia Ashton Searle, Western Australia Canada Ashton Creek, British Columbia Ashton, Ontario Ashton Station, Ontario Ashton, Prince Edward Island South Africa Ashton, South Africa USA Ashton, Florida Ashton, Idaho Ashton, Illinois Ashton, Maryland Ashton, Michigan Ashton, Nebraska Ashton, South Dakota...
This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ...
Failsworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. ...
For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. ...
Littleborough is a small town on the western side of the Pennines, which forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. ...
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Statistics Population: approx 4,500 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD993273 Administration District: Calderdale Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Ambulance service: Yorkshire Post office and telephone Post town...
Sowerby Bridge is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, southwest of Halifax, at the junction between the Rochdale Canal and the Calder and Hebble Navigation, and on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. ...
Elland is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Halifax, England, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. ...
Brighouse Coat of Arms Brighouse is the second largest town in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, England,The 2001 census gave the towns population as 32,198. ...
The moorland scenery and apparent isolation of the upper reaches of the ring would normally be a big attraction to leisure boaters, but boater numbers are relatively small due to a number of factors. These include Moorland in the Pennines (England); Coarse grasses and bracken tend to dominate especially in high rainfall areas. ...
- the large numbers of locks, which are not generally clustered in flights
- unpredictable and planned engineering stoppages (as temporary closures are called on English canals), caused by water shortages, bank failures and maintenance work
- some densely urban sections being unpopular with people seeking rural England
- operating restrictions on the number of boats that can pass through the Standedge Tunnel.
As a result of the frequent stoppages and the need to book passage through the Standedge Tunnel, planning for a trip on the Huddersfield Narrow or Rochdale canals should include consulting the British Waterways website.
A Pylon Curiously, the canal runs through the legs of an electricity pylon at Stalybridge,on the western side of the Pennines, which is believed to be the only occurrence of this in the world. The Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon is an electricity pylon, which stands with its feet over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Heyrod, Stalybridge, Cheshire. ...
Statistics Population: 22,568 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ963985 Administration District: Tameside Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Cheshire / Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North...
Typical Pennine scenery. ...
External links - British Waterways site for boaters and visitors
- Pennine Waterways
- Locks, Docks and Beyond...
- About Huddersfield Narrow Canal
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