Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,992 pages of information and 246,457 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal

From Graces Guide
Junction of canal with the River Irwell, viewed from Prince’s Bridge. The factory of J. Chadwick and Sons was immediately to the left of the lock, and extended to the railway viaduct

The canal was sanctioned in 1791.

1831 Parliamentary permission was given to the Manchester and Bolton Railway to convert the canal into a railway and to build the Kearsley branch. But the proposal was subsequently modified. The railway was built parallel to the canal from Salford to Clifton Junction, and then took a direct route to Bolton, and was opened on May 29th, 1838 - see Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway

Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society website here[1], which includes 'then and now' photos.

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society: Photo Gallery