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Description: A proposed tub-boat canal with inclined planes but never built
History: Authorised by an Act of 1794 to join the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal, at Bury, to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, at Church near Accrington.
January 1793 | Conducted a preliminary survey of the canal line with Charles McNiven. | |
January 1793 | Conducted a preliminary survey of the canal line with Samuel Fletcher. | |
January 1793 | Conducted a detailed survey of the canal line previously surveyed by Charles McNiven and Samuel Fletcher. | |
January 1794 | Authorised by an Act to join the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal, at Bury, to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, at Church near Accrington, but never built. | |
Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.