Manchester canal network

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The Manchester canal network is an interconnected system of historic waterways that supported the city’s industrial growth by linking its mills, warehouses, and docks to regional and national transport routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal network ⓘ
waterway system ⓘ
connectsTo Liverpool docks ⓘ
Pennine canal network ⓘ
River Irwell ⓘ
River Mersey ⓘ
Salford Quays ⓘ
Trafford Park ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse cycling routes ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
urban regeneration ⓘ
walking routes ⓘ
waterside residential development ⓘ
eraOfMajorDevelopment Industrial Revolution ⓘ
eraOfMajorUse 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
hasFeature aqueducts ⓘ
basins ⓘ
locks ⓘ
towpaths ⓘ
wharves ⓘ
hasPart Ashton Canal ⓘ
Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Huddersfield Narrow Canal ⓘ
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Leigh Branch ⓘ
Macclesfield Canal ⓘ
Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Rochdale Canal ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UK industrial heritage ⓘ
historicalFunction coal transport ⓘ
finished goods export ⓘ
freight transport ⓘ
industrial transport ⓘ
raw material transport ⓘ
textile transport ⓘ
locatedIn Greater Manchester ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
significance contributed to Manchester’s growth as an industrial city ⓘ
linked Manchester to regional and national transport routes ⓘ
supportedIndustry chemical industry ⓘ
cotton industry ⓘ
engineering works ⓘ
textile mills ⓘ
warehousing ⓘ

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Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction → partOf → Manchester canal network ⓘ
Portland Basin → category → Canals in Greater Manchester ⓘ
linked to: Manchester canal network
Ashton Canal aqueduct → partOf → Greater Manchester canal system ⓘ
linked to: Manchester canal network
Ducie Street Junction → partOf → Manchester canal network ⓘ