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Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal

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The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal runs from Salford to Bolton and Bury. Not, that’s not a typo – no part of the canal runs through Manchester.

The River Irwell forms the boundary between Manchester and Salford, with the canal junction being on the Salford bank. The canal is mostly un-navigable, although several stretches are still in water.

There are plans for restoration, and this first section from the River Irwell is already complete.

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The former lock 1, adjacent to the junction, has been cut through at the lower level to allow the canal to pass under a busy new road in the Margaret Fletcher Tunnel. The tunnel is named in memory of the Chairman of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society whose great efforts enabled the restoration to progress so far.

Beyond the tunnel is a new deep lock 1-2 which replaces the first two locks. The rise or depth of the lock varies depending on the height of the River Irwell but is around 16’4" (4.98m).

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That makes it the third deepest lock on the British canal system after Tuel Lane Lock 3-4 on the Rochdale Canal and Bath Deep Lock 8-9 on the Kennet and Avon Canal which are also locks combined from two former locks during restoration.

The balance beams on this lock are offset to allow them to swing without blocking the bridge immediately below the bridge.

The canal continues a little further, to be shown in our Next Blog and our Photo Gallery for the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal.

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