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Macclesfield Canal

Macclesfield Canal
Macc canal near congleton.jpg
Near Congleton
Specifications
Maximum boat length 72 ft 0 in (21.95 m)
Maximum boat beam 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Locks 13
Status Navigable
Navigation authority Canal and River Trust
History
Original owner Macclesfield Canal Company (est. 1817)
Principal engineer Thomas Telford
Date of act 1826
Construction began 1826
Date of first use 1831
Date completed 1831
Geography
Start point Marple Junction
End point Hall Green
(The final section to Hardings Wood Junction was built as part of the Trent and Mersey Canal)
Connects to Peak Forest Canal
Trent and Mersey Canal
Macclesfield Canal
Marple Locks (16)
Marple Junction
Peak Forest Canal
11 A6 Buxton Road Bridge
Club moorings
High Lane Arm
Railway aqueduct
Bollington Aqueduct
Bollington
Grimshaw Lane Aqueduct
37 A537 Buxton Road Bridge
Macclesfield
Gurnett Aqueduct
45 A523 Leek New Road Bridge
Services
1-5 Bosley Locks (5)
55 A54 Peckerpool Wood Bridge
6-11 Bosley Locks (6)
Disused railway bridge Churnet Valley Line
12 Bosley Locks (1)
River Dane aqueduct
Railway bridge
61 A54 Congleton Bridge
68 A54 Buxton Road bridge
Railway bridge
75 A527 Biddulph Road
Railway bridge
Congleton
Dog Lane aqueduct
Watery Lane aqueduct
Hall Green stop lock

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