Bridgewater Canal

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canal navigable waterway

The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bridgewater Canal canonical	58
Marple canal system	1
The Opening of the Bridgewater Canal	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal ⓘ navigable waterway ⓘ
builtToServe	Duke of Bridgewater's coal mines at Worsley ⓘ
connectsTo	Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ Rochdale Canal ⓘ Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1759 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	leisure boating ⓘ recreation ⓘ
designedBy	James Brindley ⓘ
engineer	James Brindley ⓘ John Gilbert ⓘ
hasStructure	Barton Swing Aqueduct ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of local heritage assets in Greater Manchester ⓘ
historicSignificance	often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain ⓘ played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution ⓘ
inception	18th century ⓘ
influenced	development of the British canal network ⓘ
length	about 39 miles ⓘ about 65 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Cheshire ⓘ Salford ⓘ surface form: City of Salford England ⓘ Greater Manchester ⓘ Halton ⓘ North West England ⓘ Warrington ⓘ
lockCount	few or no locks on main line ⓘ
namedAfter	Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater ⓘ
openedForTraffic	1761 ⓘ
openingDate	1761 ⓘ
owner	Peel Group ⓘ
passesThrough	Altrincham ⓘ Eccles ⓘ Lymm ⓘ Manchester ⓘ Runcorn ⓘ Salford ⓘ Warrington ⓘ Salford ⓘ surface form: Worsley
primaryPurpose	transport of coal ⓘ
reducedCostOf	coal in Manchester ⓘ
startPoint	Worsley ⓘ
status	still in use ⓘ
terminus	Manchester ⓘ Runcorn ⓘ
waterwayType	broad canal ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

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

Manchester → hasCanal → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Bridgewater Hall → namedAfter → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

River Mersey → connectedTo → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Castlefield → contains → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Trafford → traversedBy → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Liverpool Road railway station → hasNearbyWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Runcorn → crossedBy → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Pennine waterways → hasPart → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

James Brindley → notableWork → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Barton Swing Aqueduct → carries → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Barton Swing Aqueduct → locatedOnWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Barton Swing Aqueduct → category → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Manchester United Football Ground railway station → adjacentTo → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater → knownFor → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater → commissionedWork → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Lymm → hasFeature → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Lymm → hasWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Trent and Mersey Canal → connectedTo → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Cornbrook tram stop → nearJunctionOf → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Worsley → knownFor → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Worsley → hasCanal → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

The Bridgewater Hall → namedAfter → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction → connectsWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Sale → hasWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

The Brindley theatre → locatedNear → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: The Brindley Theatre

Castlefields → hasNearbyWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Deansgate Locks → hasNearbyLandmark → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Stockton Heath → crossedBy → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Museum of Science and Industry → locatedNear → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Brindley → notableWork → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: James Brindley

Barton-upon-Irwell → hasNearbyWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Francis Egerton → knownFor → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater

Francis Egerton → commissionedWork → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater

Egerton → isAssociatedWith → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: Egerton family

Egerton family → associatedWithInfrastructure → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Worsley coal mines → connectedTo → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Worsley coal mines → associatedWith → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

LYMM → traversedBy → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

LYMM → hasWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Eccles, Greater Manchester → hasCanal → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Cornbrook → adjacentTo → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: Cornbrook tram stop

Lymm Dam → near → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Earl of Bridgewater → knownFor → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater

Preston Brook → locatedOnWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Preston Brook → junctionOf → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Preston Brook → terminusOf → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Marquess of Brackley → associatedWithInfrastructure → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Daresbury, Cheshire, England → hasTransportLink → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Astley → liesOn → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ

Bridgewater Way → follows → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ