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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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 (27)

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

Barton Swing Aqueduct → carries → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Barton Swing Aqueduct → category → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
River Mersey → connectedTo → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Trent and Mersey Canal → connectedTo → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Castlefield → contains → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Runcorn → crossedBy → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Manchester → hasCanal → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Worsley → hasCanal → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Lymm → hasFeature → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Deansgate Locks → hasNearbyLandmark → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Castlefields → hasNearbyWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Pennine waterways → hasPart → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Lymm → hasWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Sale → hasWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Worsley → knownFor → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
The Brindley theatre → locatedNear → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: The Brindley Theatre
Barton Swing Aqueduct → locatedOnWaterway → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Bridgewater Hall → namedAfter → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
The Bridgewater Hall → namedAfter → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Cornbrook tram stop → nearJunctionOf → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
James Brindley → notableWork → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Trafford → traversedBy → Bridgewater Canal ⓘ