Manchester canal network

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The Manchester canal network is an interconnected system of historic waterways that supported the city’s industrial growth by linking its mills, warehouses, and docks to regional and national transport routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal network
waterway system
connectsTo Liverpool docks
Pennine canal network
River Irwell
River Mersey
Salford Quays
Trafford Park
country United Kingdom
currentUse cycling routes
leisure boating
tourism
urban regeneration
walking routes
waterside residential development
eraOfMajorDevelopment Industrial Revolution
eraOfMajorUse 19th century
early 20th century
hasFeature aqueducts
basins
locks
towpaths
wharves
hasPart Ashton Canal
Bridgewater Canal
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
surface form: Leeds and Liverpool Canal Leigh Branch

Macclesfield Canal
Manchester Ship Canal
Peak Forest Canal
Rochdale Canal
heritageStatus part of UK industrial heritage
historicalFunction coal transport
finished goods export
freight transport
industrial transport
raw material transport
textile transport
locatedIn Greater Manchester
Manchester
North West England
significance contributed to Manchester’s growth as an industrial city
linked Manchester to regional and national transport routes
supportedIndustry chemical industry
cotton industry
engineering works
textile mills
warehousing

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Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction partOf Manchester canal network
Portland Basin category Manchester canal network
this entity surface form: Canals in Greater Manchester
Ashton Canal aqueduct partOf Manchester canal network
this entity surface form: Greater Manchester canal system