Lancaster Canal

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Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
navigable waterway ⓘ
architect John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
characteristic largely level pound without locks on main line ⓘ
scenic rural route ⓘ
connectsTo Glasson Dock ⓘ
Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Ribble Link ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1792 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
endPoint Kendal ⓘ
era Industrial Revolution ⓘ
hasPart Glasson Branch ⓘ
Northern Reaches ⓘ
Preston Branch ⓘ
hasTowpath yes ⓘ
heritageStatus Lune Aqueduct is a Grade I listed structure ⓘ
historicalUse transport of agricultural produce ⓘ
transport of coal ⓘ
transport of limestone ⓘ
inception 1790s ⓘ
length about 66 miles ⓘ
locatedIn City of Lancaster ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster

Cumbria ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
maintainedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
namedAfter Lancaster ⓘ
navigationAuthority Canal & River Trust ⓘ
notableFeature lock-free main line between Preston and Tewitfield ⓘ
notableStructure Lune Aqueduct ⓘ
Millness Bridge ⓘ
Tewitfield Locks ⓘ
opened early 19th century ⓘ
passesNear Morecambe Bay ⓘ
passesThrough Carnforth area ⓘ
Garstang ⓘ
Kendal area ⓘ
Lancaster ⓘ
Preston ⓘ
primaryUse angling ⓘ
freight transport during the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
walking and cycling along towpath ⓘ
startPoint Preston ⓘ
status partly navigable ⓘ
some sections infilled or derelict ⓘ
supported regional trade in North West England ⓘ
waterwayType contour canal ⓘ

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John Rennie the Elder → notableWork → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal → providesRouteToward → Lancaster Canal (via Ribble Link) ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Glasson Dock → connectedTo → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Glasson Dock → connectedBy → Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Ribble Link → connectsWaterway → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Ribble Link → hasSource → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Galgate → crossedBy → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Sedgwick → hasCanal → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Lancaster, England → hasCanal → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Garstang → traversedBy → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Yealand Redmayne → locatedNear → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
John Rennie the Elder → notableWork → Lancaster Canal works ⓘ
subject linked to: Rennie
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Rennie family engineering firm → notableWork → Lancaster Canal works ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Lune Aqueduct → carries → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Lune Aqueduct → waterway → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Lune Aqueduct → partOf → Lancaster Canal network ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Tewitfield Locks → locatedOnCanal → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Tewitfield Locks → formsPartOf → Lancaster Canal northern terminus ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Tewitfield Locks → waterway → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Tewitfield Locks → isPartOf → Lancaster Canal conservation area ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Northern Reaches → partOf → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Northern Reaches → northernmostSectionOf → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Northern Reaches → isSegmentOf → Lancaster Canal northern arm ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Glasson Branch → partOf → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Glasson Branch → connectsTo → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Glasson Branch → terminusAt → Lancaster Canal main line ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Preston Branch → partOf → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Preston Branch → connectsTo → Lancaster Canal main line ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Lune Aqueduct → carries → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Lune Aqueduct → partOf → Lancaster Canal infrastructure ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Lune Aqueduct → isOnRoute → Lancaster Canal main line ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Millness Bridge → crosses → Lancaster Canal ⓘ
Millness Bridge → partOf → Lancaster Canal infrastructure ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
Halton → hasFeature → Lancaster Canal (nearby) ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal
British inland waterways network → hasPart → Lancaster Canal ⓘ