Calder and Hebble Navigation

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Calder and Hebble Navigation is a historic canal in West Yorkshire, England, forming part of the region’s inland waterway network and linking various industrial towns along the River Calder.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
inland waterway
navigation
connectsTo Aire and Calder Navigation
Huddersfield Broad Canal
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
surface form: Leeds and Liverpool Canal (via other waterways)

Rochdale Canal
constructionStart mid-18th century
country England
era Industrial Revolution
follows River Calder
hasBridgeType stone bridges
swing bridges
hasFeature cuttings
locks
towpaths
weirs
hasLockType broad lock
short lock
heritageStatus historic waterway
historicalOperator Calder and Hebble Navigation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Calder and Hebble Navigation Company
knownFor short lock chambers requiring handspike operation
locatedIn West Yorkshire
Yorkshire and the Humber
managingOrganisation Canal & River Trust
near Halifax
Huddersfield
Leeds
surface form: Leeds (via connecting waterways)
openingDate 1770
originalPurpose coal transport
industrial freight transport
textile industry support
partOf connected West Yorkshire canal network
passesThrough Brighouse
Cooper Bridge
Dewsbury
Elland
Mirfield
region Northern England
significance facilitated industrial development in Calder Valley
status navigable
part of British inland waterway network
terminus Sowerby Bridge
Wakefield
usedFor angling
recreational boating
walking and cycling along towpaths
waterwaySystem English canal system

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Sowerby Bridge hasCanal Calder and Hebble Navigation
Mirfield locatedOn Calder and Hebble Navigation
River Calder hasCanalParallel Calder and Hebble Navigation
Huddersfield Broad Canal connectsTo Calder and Hebble Navigation
Huddersfield Broad Canal terminus Calder and Hebble Navigation
Huddersfield Broad Canal connectsWaterway Calder and Hebble Navigation
Brighouse hasWaterway Calder and Hebble Navigation
Sowerby Bridge Wharf locatedOnWaterway Calder and Hebble Navigation
Calder and Hebble Navigation historicalOperator Calder and Hebble Navigation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Calder and Hebble Navigation Company
MIRFIELD crossedBy Calder and Hebble Navigation
subject surface form: Mirfield
Elland hasCanal Calder and Hebble Navigation
Pugneys Country Park near Calder and Hebble Navigation