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nl Rochedalekanaal   51,5 km lang broad canal met 92 sluizen over de Engelse Pennines (Penninisch Gebergte). Het kanaal verbindt het Bridgewater Canal met de Calder and Hebble Navigation en het Ashton Canal. Na eerste plannen uit het jaar 1776, begon men met de bouw in 1794 en was 1804 gereed. River Parrett - Google Earth
de Rochdale-Kanal 51,5 km langer broad canal mit 92 Schleusen über die Pennines, der den Bridgewater Canal mit der Calder and Hebble Navigation und dem Ashton Canal verbindet. Pläne für den Kanal gehen auf das Jahr 1776 zurück. Der Bau fand 1794-1804 statt.
 
en Rochdale Canal The Rochdale Canal runs for 32 miles through the Pennines between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire. In Sowerby Bridge it connects with the Calder and Hebble Navigation. In Manchester it connects with the Ashton and Bridgewater Canals. First plans for a canal were made in 1776. Promoted by an Act of 1794 the Rochdale Canal opened in 1804. Principal cargoes included coal, agricultural produce and materials for the textiles industry. The large number of locks on a relatively short length of canal, rising to a height of over 600 feet (180m), meant that water supply was always a problem. Seven reservoirs were built especially to service the line.
The canal with 92 locks proved a success until the combined effects of road and the decline in traditional industries took their inevitable toll. The last regular through-traffic ended just before World War II, and by the 1950s commercial carrying had virtually ceased altogether. The canal closed to navigation in 1952. It was re-opened to navigation along its entire length in July 2002 and forms part of the South Pennine Ring.
 
fr Canal de Rochdale    
lock
no
name
mile(s)
from <> to
max. length x beam ft (m)
branches/junctions
  Rochdale Canal
32
Sowerby Bridge
<>
Castlefield Junction (Manchester)
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Ashton Canal
Bridgewater Canal
     
72 x 14 (21,9 x 4,27)
 
  Sowerby Bridge
0.0
  Calder and Hebble Navigation
1
Sowerby Bridge Lock #1
0.1
   
2
Sowerby Bridge Lock #2
0.3
   
3
Tuel Lane Lock
0.5
   
 
   
5
Breary Lower Lock
2.9
   
6
Breary Upper Lock
3.1
   
7
Broadbottom Lock
4.3
   
8
Mayroyd Mill Lock
5.3
   
9
Blackpit Lock
5.5
   
10
Stubbing Lower Lock
5.9
   
11
Stubbing Upper Lock
6.0
   
12
Rawden Mill Lock
6.8
   
13
Callis Lock
7.0
   
14
Holmcoat Lock
7.8
   
15
Shawplains Lock
8.4
   
16
Lob Mill Lock
8.6
   
17
Old Royd Lock
9.1
   
18
Shop Lock
9.8
   
19
Todmorden Lock
9.9
   
20
Wadsworth Mill Lock
10.3
   
21
Shade Lock
10.4
   
22
Gauxholme Lowest Lock
10.5
   
23
Gauxholme Middle Lock
10.6
   
24
Gauxholme Highest Lock
10.8
   
25
Smithyholme Lock
11.0
   
26
Pinnel Lock
11.1
   
27
Hollings Lock
11.3
   
28
Travis Mill Lock
11.5
   
29
Nip Square Lock
11.6
   
30
Winterbutlee Lock
11.8
   
31
Lightbank Lock
12.0
   
32
Sands Lock
12.3
   
33
Bottomley Lock
12.4
   
34
Warland Lower Lock
12.8
   
35
Warland Upper Lock
12.9
   
36
Longlees Lock
13.0
   
37
West Summit Lock
13.8
   
38
First Lock below West Summit
13.9
   
39
Second Lock below West Summit
14.0
   
40
Punchbowl Lock
14.1
   
41
First Lock below Punchbowl
14.3
   
42
Second Lock below Punchbowl
14.3
   
43
Thickone Lock
14.4
   
44
Sladen Lock
14.5
   
45
Pike House Lock
14.6
   
46
Bent House Lock
15.0
   
47
Littleborough Higher Lock
15.3
   
48
Littleborough Lower Lock
15.4
   
49
Moss Upper Lock
19.0
   
50
Moss Lower Lock
19.1
   
51
Blue Pits Highest Lock
20.8
   
52
Blue Pits Middle Lock
21.0
   
53
Blue Pits Lowest Lock
21.1
   
54
Laneside First Lock
22.1
   
55
Laneside Second Lock
22.3
   
56
Laneside Third Lock
22.3
   
57
Laneside Fourth Lock
22.4
   
58
Laneside Fifth Lock
22.5
   
59
Laneside Sixth Lock
22.6
   
60
Boarshaw Lock
23.1
   
61
Scowcroft Lock
23.4
   
62
Coney Green Lock
23.5
   
63
Walk Mill Lock
23.6
   
64
Kay Lane Lock
24.8
   
65
Fallsworth Lock
26.9
   
66
Tannersfield Highest Lock
27.6
   
67
Tannersfield Middle Lock
27.8
   
68
Tannersfield Lowest Lock
27.9
   
69
Newton Heath Lock
28.3
   
70
Pinfold Lock
28.3
   
71
Shears Lock
28.6
   
72
Scotchman's Lock
28.8
   
73
Ten Acres Lock
28.9
   
74
Drunken Bridge Lock
29.0
   
75
Slater's High Lock
29.1
   
76
Slater's Lower Lock
29.3
   
77
Anthony Lock
29.5
   
78
Coalpit Higher Lock
29.8
   
79
Coalpit Middle Lock
29.8
   
80
Coalpit Lower Lock
30.0
   
81
Butler Lane
30.1
   
82
Ancoat's Lane Lock
30.6
   
83
Brownsfield Lock
30.8
   
  Ducie Street Junction     Ashton Canal
84
Dale Street Lock
30.9
   
85
Picadilly Lock
31.0
   
86
Chortton Street Lock
31.1
   
87
David Street Lock
31.3
   
88
Oxford Road Lock
31.4
   
89
Tib Lock
31.6
   
90
Albion Mills Lock
31.8
   
91
Tunnel Lock
31.9
   
92
Dukes Lock
31.9
   
   
32.0
  Bridgewater Canal
         
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