Aire and Calder Navigation

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The Aire and Calder Navigation is a major canalised river and waterway in West Yorkshire, England, historically important for transporting coal and goods between the industrial towns of the Pennines and the Humber estuary.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canalised river ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
connectsTo Humber estuary ⓘ
linked to: Humber Estuary

Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Ouse ⓘ
linked to: River Ouse

River Aire ⓘ
River Calder ⓘ
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation ⓘ
constructionStart 1700 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentUse angling ⓘ
commercial freight ⓘ
leisure cruising ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterside recreation ⓘ
endPoint Aire Mouth ⓘ
Airmyn ⓘ
Goole ⓘ
formerOwner Aire and Calder Navigation Company ⓘ
British Waterways ⓘ
linked to: Canal & River Trust
governedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
hasFeature aqueducts ⓘ
artificial channels ⓘ
cuttings ⓘ
flood locks ⓘ
goole docks ⓘ
linked to: Goole docks

knottingley and goole canal ⓘ
locks ⓘ
new junction canal ⓘ
swing bridges ⓘ
weirs ⓘ
historicalUse coal transport ⓘ
goods transport ⓘ
industrial freight ⓘ
improvedIn 1820s ⓘ
1830s ⓘ
length approximately 33 miles ⓘ
locatedIn West Yorkshire ⓘ
Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ
notableFor early use of compartment boats ⓘ
large-scale coal barge traffic ⓘ
role in Industrial Revolution in Yorkshire ⓘ
opened 1704 ⓘ
passesThrough Castleford ⓘ
Wakefield ⓘ
regionServed Humber ports ⓘ
Pennine industrial towns ⓘ
startPoint Leeds ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennine waterways → hasPart → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Leeds and Liverpool Canal → connectsTo → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Goole → connectedByWaterway → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Goole docks → connectedToWaterway → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
River Colne (West Yorkshire) → partOf → River Aire and Calder system ⓘ
subject linked to: River Colne
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
River Aire → connectedTo → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
River Aire → partOf → Aire and Calder Navigation system ⓘ
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
Aire and Calder Navigation → formerOwner → Aire and Calder Navigation Company ⓘ
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation → connectsTo → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Calder and Hebble Navigation → connectsTo → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Port of Goole → connectedToWaterway → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
River Ouse → connectedWaterway → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Humber drainage basin → hasPart → River Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
Barnsley Canal → connectsTo → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Inland waterway network of England → hasPart → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Knottingley → hasCanal → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Knottingley → hasTransportInfrastructure → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
trans-Pennine canal route → hasPart → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
New Junction Canal → connectsWith → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
New Junction Canal → waterwayThrough → Aire and Calder Navigation system ⓘ
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
New Junction Canal → originalOwner → Aire and Calder Navigation Company ⓘ
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
Aire Mouth → partOf → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Aire Mouth → terminusOf → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Aire Mouth → downstreamTerminusOf → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Aire Mouth → connectedWaterway → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Knottingley and Goole Canal → connectsWith → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
subject linked to: knottingley and goole canal
Knottingley and Goole Canal → partOf → Aire and Calder Navigation system ⓘ
subject linked to: knottingley and goole canal
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
Humber river system → hasMajorTributary → River Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
Calder Valley canal network → connectsTo → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
River Aire catchment → hasMajorInfrastructure → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
River Calder (Yorkshire) catchment → containsWatercourse → Aire and Calder Navigation (downstream connection) ⓘ
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
Ocean Lock → locatedNear → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Selby Canal → connectsTo → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
Selby Canal → waterSource → River Aire via Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
Selby Canal → partOf → Aire and Calder Navigation system ⓘ
linked to: Aire and Calder Navigation
River Aire basin → connectedTo → Aire and Calder Navigation ⓘ