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Leeds-Liverpool Canal

Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Burscough.JPG
Ainscoughs mill in Burscough
Specifications
Maximum boat length 62 ft 0 in (18.90 m)
(A 62' boat can traverse the whole canal; craft up to 75' formerly worked between Liverpool and Leigh.)
Maximum boat beam 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
(Boats with a beam of 14' 4" can traverse the whole canal; craft with a beam up to 14' 6" formerly worked between Liverpool and Leigh.)
Locks 91
Maximum height above sea level 487 ft (148 m)
Status Open
Navigation authority Canal & River Trust
History
Principal engineer John Longbotham
Other engineer(s) James Brindley
Robert Whitworth
Date of act 1770
Construction began 1770
Date of first use 1774
Date completed 1816
Date extended 1822
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Neville Street, Leeds city centre
Leeds Railway Station, Leeds city centre
Holl Beck Enters the River Aire
River Aire, Aire and Calder Navigation
Lock 1, River Lock, start of the Leeds and Liverpool (1)
River Aire / Railway / Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Bondman or Monkpit Dam
Formerly the Canal Warehouse
Canal Basin, Granary Wharf, Leeds city centre
Monkpit Branch – Monkpit Lock was beneath the railway
Formerly the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Office
Access to Granary Wharf, beneath the Railway Station
Lock 2, Office Lock, Leeds city centre (1)
Tower Works – three listed towers
Railway Bridge 225H
Leeds to Shipley
Footbridge over the River Aire from the canal towpath
Monk Bridge 225G, Whitehall Road
Viaduct approach to Leeds Central Railway Station
Lock 3, St Ann's Ing Lock (1)
Bridge 225D A58 Wellington Road
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