Lancaster Canal

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canal navigable waterway

Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lancaster Canal canonical 9
Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal 1
Lancaster Canal (via Ribble Link) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
navigable waterway ⓘ
architect John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
characteristic largely level pound without locks on main line ⓘ
scenic rural route ⓘ
connectsTo Glasson Dock ⓘ
Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Ribble Link ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1792 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
endPoint Kendal ⓘ
era Industrial Revolution ⓘ
hasPart Glasson Branch ⓘ
Northern Reaches ⓘ
Preston Branch ⓘ
hasTowpath yes ⓘ
heritageStatus Lune Aqueduct is a Grade I listed structure ⓘ
historicalUse transport of agricultural produce ⓘ
transport of coal ⓘ
transport of limestone ⓘ
inception 1790s ⓘ
length about 66 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Lancaster ⓘ
surface form: City of Lancaster

Cumbria ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
maintainedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
namedAfter Lancaster ⓘ
navigationAuthority Canal & River Trust ⓘ
notableFeature lock-free main line between Preston and Tewitfield ⓘ
notableStructure Lune Aqueduct ⓘ
Millness Bridge ⓘ
Tewitfield Locks ⓘ
opened early 19th century ⓘ
passesNear Morecambe Bay ⓘ
passesThrough Carnforth area ⓘ
Garstang ⓘ
Kendal area ⓘ
Lancaster ⓘ
Preston ⓘ
primaryUse angling ⓘ
freight transport during the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
walking and cycling along towpath ⓘ
startPoint Preston ⓘ
status partly navigable ⓘ
some sections infilled or derelict ⓘ
supported regional trade in North West England ⓘ
waterwayType contour canal ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Rennie the Elder → notableWork → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal → providesRouteToward → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancaster Canal (via Ribble Link)
Glasson Dock → connectedTo → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Glasson Dock → connectedBy → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal
Ribble Link → connectsWaterway → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Ribble Link → hasSource → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Galgate → crossedBy → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Sedgwick → hasCanal → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Lancaster, England → hasCanal → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Garstang → traversedBy → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Yealand Redmayne → locatedNear → Lancaster Canal ⓘ