Rochdale Canal

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The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
navigable waterway
closedToThroughTraffic 1952
connects Manchester
Sowerby Bridge
constructionStartDate 1794
country England
crosses Pennines
designedBy John Rennie the Elder
William Jessop
formsPartOf Pennine waterways
surface form: South Pennine Ring
hasFeature aqueducts
series of locks
tunnels
hasHighestPoint Summit level near Littleborough
hasUse angling
leisure boating
walking and cycling along towpath
heritageStatus sections are designated as conservation areas
historicSignificance facilitated transport of coal
facilitated transport of raw materials and finished goods
facilitated transport of textiles
important route for the Industrial Revolution in northern England
length approximately 32 miles
approximately 51 kilometres
linkedTo Rochdale Canal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge
locatedIn North West England
West Yorkshire
managedBy Canal & River Trust
nearbyCity Manchester
nearbyTown Hebden Bridge
Rochdale
numberOfLocks 91
openingDate 1804
originalOwner Rochdale Canal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rochdale Canal Company
partOf Pennine waterways
passesThrough Hebden Bridge
Littleborough
Luddenden Foot
Luddenden Foot
surface form: Mytholmroyd

Rochdale
Sowerby Bridge
Todmorden
previousManager Canal & River Trust
surface form: British Waterways
reopenedForNavigation 2002
restorationCompleted 2002
status fully navigable
terminus Manchester
Sowerby Bridge
waterwayType broad canal

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Gay Village adjacentTo Rochdale Canal
Bridgewater Canal connectsTo Rochdale Canal
Castlefield contains Rochdale Canal
Calder Valley containsWaterway Rochdale Canal
Luddenden Foot developedAlong Rochdale Canal
Luddenden Foot hasCanal Rochdale Canal
Manchester hasCanal Rochdale Canal
Sowerby Bridge hasCanal Rochdale Canal
Rochdale hasLandmark Rochdale Canal
Canal Street hasNearbyLandmark Rochdale Canal
subject surface form: Canal Street (Manchester)
Pennine waterways hasPart Rochdale Canal
Failsworth hasRiver Rochdale Canal
Deansgate Locks hasView Rochdale Canal
Littleborough hasWaterway Rochdale Canal
Rochdale Canal linkedTo Rochdale Canal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge
Deansgate Locks locatedOnWaterway Rochdale Canal
John Rennie the Elder notableWork Rochdale Canal
William Jessop notableWork Rochdale Canal
this entity surface form: Rochdale Canal (consulting work)
Rochdale Canal originalOwner Rochdale Canal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rochdale Canal Company
Canal Street runsAlong Rochdale Canal
subject surface form: Canal Street (Manchester)
Sowerby Bridge terminusOf Rochdale Canal
Ancoats traversedBy Rochdale Canal
Hebden Bridge traversedBy Rochdale Canal
New Islington traversedBy Rochdale Canal