Leeds and Liverpool Canal

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canal industrial canal navigable waterway

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Burnley Embankment on Leeds and Liverpool Canal 1
Leeds and Liverpool Canal main line 1
Leeds–Liverpool Canal 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
industrial canal ⓘ
navigable waterway ⓘ
completed 1816 ⓘ
connects Leeds ⓘ
Liverpool ⓘ
connectsTo Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ
surface form: Leeds city centre waterfront
constructionBegan 1770 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse leisure boating ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
era Industrial Revolution ⓘ
gauge broad canal ⓘ
hasFeature Burnley Embankment ⓘ
Foulridge Tunnel ⓘ
Wigan flight of locks ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus important industrial heritage site ⓘ
hasLock Bingley Five Rise Locks ⓘ
Bingley Three Rise Locks ⓘ
historicalSignificance major route for coal transport ⓘ
major route for industrial goods ⓘ
major route for textile industry ⓘ
length about 127 miles ⓘ
about 204 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Northern England ⓘ
managedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
opened 1774 ⓘ
passesThrough Aintree ⓘ
Bingley ⓘ
Blackburn ⓘ
Burnley ⓘ
Chorley ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
Merseyside ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ
Shipley ⓘ
Skipton ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
Wigan ⓘ
primaryUse freight transport ⓘ
industrial transport ⓘ
status navigable ⓘ
terminus Leeds ⓘ
Liverpool ⓘ
waterwayNetwork British canal network ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

River Aire → connectedTo → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: River Douglas
Bridgewater Canal → connectsTo → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leeds and Liverpool Canal main line
Craven → contains → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leeds–Liverpool Canal
Litherland → crossedBy → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Burnley → hasCanal → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Nelson → hasCanal → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Burnley → hasFeature → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burnley Embankment on Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Pennine waterways → hasPart → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Parbold → locatedNear → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Maghull → locatedOn → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal → partOf → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Maghull → river → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Douglas Navigation → supersededBy → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Lancashire → traversedBy → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Parbold → waterwayPassesThrough → Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ