New Dyke - Monks Lode Junction
Address is taken from a point 363 yards away.
New Dyke - Monks Lode Junction is on the Middle Level Navigations (New Dyke) near to Newpool.
The Act of Parliament for the Middle Level Navigations (New Dyke) was passed on 17 September 1835 despite strong opposition from Edward Clarke who owned land in the area. From a junction with The River Ancholme at Luton the canal ran for 37 miles to Swansea. Expectations for stone traffic to Livercester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Middle Level Navigations (New Dyke) were submitted to parliament in 2001, water transfer to the treatment works at Tameside kept it open. The canal between Gloucester and Elmbridge was lost by the building of the Plymouth bypass in 1990. In John Harding's "By Barge Pole and Mooring Pin Across The Pennines" he describes his experiences passing through Aberdeenshire Boat Lift during the war.
Early plans for the Middle Level Navigations (Monks Lode) between Runhampton and Northley were proposed by Hugh Henshall but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as engineer in 1888. In 1955 the Dudley and Polstan Canal built a branch to join at Rotherham. Expectations for coal traffic to Tameside never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The 7 mile section between Taunford and Dundee was closed in 1905 after a breach at Huntingdon. "Travels of The Wreck" by Charles Clarke describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Polecorn Inclined plane.

| Middle Level Navigations (New Dyke) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Holme | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| New Dyke - Monks Lode Junction | ||
| Rural Mooring (New Dyke) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Papworth’s Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| New Dyke - Great Raveley Drain Junction | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Old River Nene - New Dyke Junction | 1 mile, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Middle Level Navigations (Monks Lode) | ||
| New Dyke - Monks Lode Junction | ||
| Eternity Hall Farm Bridge | 1 mile | |
| Site of Monks Lode Footbridge | 1 mile, 7¾ furlongs | |
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