Marple Wharf looking towards Marple Junction, 1970s

Morris's Change (Roving) Bridge at Congleton, August 1994

The Macclesfield Canal is a canal in east Cheshire, England. It runs 26 miles (42 km) from Marple Junction, where it joins the Peak Forest Canal, southwards (through Bollington, Macclesfield and Congleton) to a junction with the Trent and Mersey Canal near Kidsgrove. The canal gained its Act of Parliament in 1826 and was completed in 1831 at a cost of £320,000. Image File history File links Marple Wharf, 1970s 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 Marple Wharf, 1970s 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 Morriss Bridge, August 1994 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 Morriss Bridge, August 1994 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Canal du Midi in Toulouse, France Canals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans. ... This article is about the English county. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Marple is a town close to Stockport, Greater Manchester in England. ... 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... Map sources for Bollington at grid reference SJ9377 Bollington (map sources) is a village in the county of Cheshire in the north of England, north of Macclesfield and east of Prestbury. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Map sources for Congleton at grid reference SJ854628 Congleton is a town in the county of Cheshire in the north west of England, on the banks of the River Dane, and to the west of the Macclesfield Canal. ... The Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal linking the River Trent at Shardlow in Derbyshire to the River Mersey at Runcorn in Cheshire. ... Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Cheshire. ... In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

As with so many UK canals the arrival of the railways lead to the decline of the canal. After World War II the canal started to suffer from a lack of maintenance and the threat of closure hung over it until the 1968 Transport Act came into force. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

The canal is home to Britain's oldest canal cruising club, the North Cheshire Cruising Club. It was formally founded in 1943 although it has pre-war origins. The cruising club played an important role in keeping the canal from closing. 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

External links

• The Macclesfield Canal Society
• North Cheshire Cruising Club (warning may cause problems with some browsers)