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Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire

Description of Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire: A network of waterways promoted by Acts passed in 1699, 1774, 1820 and 1828. Still partly commercial waterways although there is much pleasure traffic.
For the History of this waterway see the History page.

Points of Interest of Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire: A number of locks have been modernised to European standards where boatmen should observe coloured light signals.

Subordinate Waterways of Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire

• Aire & Calder Dewsbury Old Cut Section
• Aire & Calder Main Line
• Aire & Calder Navigation - Selby Section
• Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section
• River Aire

Navigation Authority of Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire MD's Office: Northern Waterways, General Manager: Yorkshire Waterways, Fearns Wharf, Neptune Street, Leeds LS9 8PB: Telephone 0113 281 6800 : Fax 0113 281 6886 :

Related Books of Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire

• The Canals of Yorkshire and North East England (2) by Charles Hadfield, Edition: volume 2, ISBN: 0 7153 5975 4, 252 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1973, Order now from .
• The Canals of Yorkshire and North East England (1) by Charles Hadfield, Edition: Volume 1, ISBN: 0 7153 5719 0, 254 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1972, Order now from .
• Tankers Knottingley by Alan H Faulkner, Published by Robert Wilson, in 1976,
• Railway on the Water by Harrold Crabtree and Mike Clarke, ISBN: 0 9522592 0 6, 120 pages, Published by Sobriety Project, in 1993, Written by Crabtree and edited by Clarke this book deals with the operation of the Tom Pudding compartment boats that operated on the Aire & Calder Navigation.. Order now from .
• The Aire & Calder Navigation by Mike Clarke, ISBN: 0 7524 1715 0, 128 pages, Published by Tempus, in 1999, A photographic record of the past and present commercial traffic. Part of the Images of England Series.. Order now from .
• Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Guide to the waterways - 5 by Not known, ISBN: 978-0-00-728165-7, 190 pages, Published by Nicholson, in 2009, North West & the Pennines. Includes the Aire & Calder (leeds to Wakefield), Bridgewater, Calder & Hebble, Huddersfield Broad, Lancaster, Leeds & Liverpool, Macclesfield, Peak Forest, Ashton and Rochdale canals plus the Trent & Mersey north of Hardings Wood Junction.. Order now from .
• Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Guide to the waterways - 6 by Not known, ISBN: 978-0-00-728166-4, 190 pages, Published by Nicholson, in 2009, Nottingham, York & the North East. Includes the Aire & Calder, Chesterfield, Pocklington, Derwent, Fossdyke, Witham, Ouse, Ure, Rippon, Selby, Sheffield & South Yorkshire and Trent navigations.. Order now from .
• The Canal & River Sections of the Aire & Calder Navigation by Mike Taylor, ISBN: 1 903425 37 9, 144 pages, Published by Wharncliffe Books, in 2003, A pictorial history of the waterways with the aid of strip maps dating from the 1930s.. Order now from .
• Tugs & Towing Barges on the Humber Waterways by Mike Taylor, ISBN: 0 7524 3804 2, 128 pages, Published by Tempus, in 2006, Order now from .

Related External Web Sites of Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire

• The Waterways Museum (The Sobriety Project a charity) The Yorkshire Waterways Museum collection opened at the Sobriety Project in 1987 and was based on the story of the Aire and Calder Navigation and the creation of the Port of Goole.

Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
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NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.