Sankey Canal
| Sankey Canal |
The Sankey Canal
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| Specifications |
| Locks |
3 |
| Status |
Partly restored |
| History |
| Original owner |
Sankey Brook Navigation Co |
| Principal engineer |
Henry Berry |
| Date of act |
1755 |
| Date of first use |
1757 |
| Date closed |
1963 |
| Geography |
| Start point |
St Helens |
| End point |
Widnes |
| Connects to |
River Mersey |
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Sankey Canal
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Ravenhead Branch |
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Sutton Branch |
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St Helens |
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Gerard's Bridge Branch |
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New Double Lock |
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Blackbrook Branch |
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A58 bridges |
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Old Double Lock |
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Haydock Lock |
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A572 Common Road bridge |
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Newton Common Lock |
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Sankey Viaduct |
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Bradley Lock |
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Hey Lock |
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M62 bridge |
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Winwick Lock |
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Hulme Lock |
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Sankey Brook aqueduct |
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A574 bridge |
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Bewsey Lock |
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Great Sankey viaduct |
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A57 bridge |
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Railway bridge |
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Sankey Brook |
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Sankey Lock |
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River Mersey |
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Fiddlers Ferry Lock |
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Widnes Lock |
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River Mersey |
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