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 Vale and Bridgemont to terminate at Bugsworth Basin (the village is now called Buxworth) and there is a short branch at Bridgemont to Whaley Bridge. This canal, which is just over 14.5 miles long, forms part of the British inland waterways network. Image File history File links Hyde Bank Tunnel, early 20th century 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 Hyde Bank Tunnel, early 20th century 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 Greens Hall Bridge, early 20th century 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 Greens Hall Bridge, early 20th century File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 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 River Tame is a river in the north west of England. ... Categories: Stub | Towns in Greater Manchester ... Arms of the former Hyde Urban District Council Hyde is a market town in Tameside, part of Greater Manchester. ... Romiley is a small district in the English town of Stockport. ... Marple is a town close to Stockport, Greater Manchester in England. ... Disley is a village in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, in the Goyt Valley, very close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills, and south of Stockport, Greater Manchester. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Map sources for Bugsworth Basin at grid reference SK022820 Bugsworth Basin is the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal. ... Buxworth, originally Bugsworth which, however, seemed to offend pious ears – hence the change – is a hamlet just a mile or so from Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, in the Peak District of Englands Pennine Range. ... Location within the British Isles. ...

At Marple, the canal crosses Marple Aqueduct and then rises through 16 locks and at Top Lock there is a junction with the Macclesfield Canal. Marple Aqueduct, August 1994 Marple Aqueduct, also known as the Grand Aqueduct, carries the lower level of the Peak Forest Canal across the River Goyt at Marple, Greater Manchester, in north-west England. ... The Macclesfield Canal is a canal in east Cheshire, England. ...

It was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1794 and its purpose was to provide an outlet for the vast limestone deposits around Dove Holes. As Dove Holes is over 1,000 feet above sea level, the canal was terminated in basin at Bugsworth and the line was continued up to the quarries by means of a gravity operated feeder tramway, known as the Peak Forest Tramway, which was six miles long. 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Map sources for Peak Forest Tramway at grid reference SK049800 The gravity operated Peak Forest Tramway was originally planned to be about four miles long from Chapel Milton to Dove Holes, both in Derbyshire. ...

The construction of the canal and tramway was promoted by Samuel Oldknow with much of the finance being provided by Richard Arkwright Junior of Cromford, Derbyshire. The line was surveyed by Thomas Brown and the consulting engineer and resident engineer were Benjamin Outram and Thomas Brown, respectively. Born in Lancashire, Samuel Oldknow served an apprenticeship in his uncle’s draper’s shop at Nottingham. ... The son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford, Derbyshire, Richard Arkwright Junior (1765 - 1843) was the financier (creditor) of Samuel Oldknow of Marple and Mellor and a personal friend. ... Born at Disley in Cheshire, Thomas Brown (1772 - 1850) was an English surveyor, civil engineer, businessman and landowner. ... Benjamin Outram (1764 - 1805) was an English civil engineer. ...

The upper level of the canal and tramway opened for trade on the 31 August 1796 and Bugsworth Basin soon became a bustling interchange between the tramway and canal. Here, limestone brought down the tramway was either put into boats to be taken to Manchester and beyond or it was put into lime kilns to be burnt to produce quick lime. The trade in limestone and quick lime (also known as burnt lime), as well as the transport of coal into the basin for firing the kilns, accounted for the greatest proportion of the Canal Company's income. August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... Map sources for Bugsworth Basin at grid reference SK022820 Bugsworth Basin is the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal. ... Manchester is a city in the north-west of England. ...

With the coming of the railways, the canal began to lose its business and in the 1920s the Peak Forest Tramway and Bugsworth Basin closed. Later, the lower level of the canal and Marple locks fell into disuse but these were restored by volunteers, led by the Peak Forest Canal Society, in the late 1960s and early 1970s and they reopened on the 1 April 1974 along with the Ashton Canal, which had also become disused.