The Rochdale Canal climbing out of Todmorden through the steep-sided Calder Valley at Gauxholme. Lock 22 is in the foreground.
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Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Thorpe Marsh
Thorpe Marsh Power Station, as seen from River Don Navigation (part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation) near Barnby Dun, which was (seen here).
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Leeds
The River Aire through the centre of Leeds, approaching Leeds Bridge. This is part of the Aire and Calder Navigation. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal starts about a quarter of a mile ahead.
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Thursday, 6 March 2008
Thornhill Double Locks
Thornhill Double Locks are on the Calder and Hebble Navigation, imediately west of the junction with the short arm to Dewsbury. The pair of locks is separated by a short and almost circular pound.
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Sunday, 2 March 2008
Saltaire
The magnificent mills built in 1851 by Sir Titus Salt alongside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Saltaire, near Shipley, for the production of cloth from alpaca wool.
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Walsden
The Rochdale Canal heading north from Walsden towards Todmorden. Lock 25 is just out of sight around the corner.
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Sunday, 24 February 2008
Standedge
Tunnel End - the Marsden portal of Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. Standedge Tunnel is the UK's longest canal tunnel at 5210 metres (3.24 miles). Convoys of boats are towed through by an electric tug.
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Saturday, 9 February 2008
Keadby
The approach to Keadby on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal, South Yorkshire.
Vazon Swing Bridge swings open. In the background a single-car train passes over the unusual Vazon Sliding Railway Bridge.
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