Here it split into two. The 15 miles of canal had 17 locks including 4 staircases of two or three locks together.
The manchester bolton and bury canal ran from salford to prestolee near little lever from where one arm ran to bolton and another to bury.
Bolton bury canal. The bolton and bury arms are all on one level the summit highest level and the water supply comes from the river irwell and feeds this summit via elton reservoir. The waterway routes maps for all the canal restoration projects are free to download. It connected to the river irwell in manchester.
This was named fletcher s canalafter matthew fletcher who was a local colliery owner. This used to be the liverpool and manchester railway line from liverpool road station which is now part of the science and industry museum. To the right is an overall map of the manchester bolton bury canal and below are individual sections as indicated.
The manchester bolton bury canal is a disused canal in greater manchester england built to link bolton and bury with manchester. Free maps for download in a choice of acrobat pdf and memory map qct formats. The manchester bolton bury canal is a disused canal in greater manchester england built to link bolton and bury with manchester the canal when fully opened was 15 miles 1 furlong 24 3 km long.
The start of the bolton bury canal where it joins the river irwell the canal immediately enters a tunnel under trinity way and pops out the other end directly underneath the railway line. Canal maps below are a selection of canal maps taken from towpath guide 2 by paul hindle. These are funded from the sales of maps and dvds for the open canals.
Manchester bolton bury canal restoration free. Now derelict the canal is under active restoration. The society published a revised towpath guide 2 in 2013.
Most of the canal can still be walked from nob end to darcy lever 2 miles bury 4 miles and agecroft 5 miles. The canal when fully opened was 15 miles 1 furlong 24 3 km long. A number of large fish have been seen floating on the surface of a canal but experts admit they are not completely certain of how they died.
Two of its major aqueducts are still standing. The main line continued to bury while a branch headed north west to bolton. It was accessed via a junction with the river irwell in salford.
Images circulated on social media show around three or. Manchester bolton and bury canal opened throughout from the centre of manchester to the centres of both it was 16 miles long with 3 aqueducts 17 broad locks and was fed by a reservoir near bury. It was accessed via a junction with the river irwell in salford seventeen locks were required to climb to the summit as it passed through pendleton heading northwest to prestolee before it split.
The manchester bolton bury canal originally ran north from salford on the river irwell near manchester to prestolee near the village of little lever.
