Mill at Marple

Goyt Mill stands next to Eccles Bridge on the Macclesfield Canal at Hawk Green, near Marple.

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Marple Junction

Marple Junction on the Peak Forest Canal. The 16 Marple Locks descend to the right. The Macclesfield Canal joins from below the bridge to the left.

This junction is on a 23-mile level between Bugsworth Basin and Bosley Locks, being, at 518 feet above sea level, the third highest canal summit level in Britain.

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Hall Green

The first photo in this series is of Hall Green Stop Lock.

This shallow lock is historically the junction between the Macclesfield Canal (this side) and the Trent and Mersey beyond. There is a difference in level of just a few inches between the two canals.

When the lock was first built it had four sets of gates, with each canal company having its own lock to guard against loss of water on either canal. The Hall Green branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal is a short spur from Hardings Wood Junction, Kidsgrove, to meet the Macclesfield Canal here at Hall Green. The Macclesfield was built in 1831 and was one of the last narrow canals to be built in Britain.

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