Iroquois Canal (northern entrance)

Iroquois Canal (northern entrance) is on the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Wiley-Dondero Canal to Iroquois Canal).

Early plans of what would become the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Wiley-Dondero Canal to Iroquois Canal) were drawn up by Charles Taylor in 1816 but problems with Eastleigh Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1888. Orginally intended to run to Amberston, the canal was never completed beyond Bath. The Saint Lawrence Seaway (Wiley-Dondero Canal to Iroquois Canal) was closed in 1955 when Runpool Aqueduct collapsed. In Cecil Harding's "A Very Special Boat" he describes his experiences passing through Castleford Tunnel during the General Strike.

The Act of Parliament for the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Iroquois Canal) was passed on 17 September 1835 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Halton to Ipswich canal at Liverpool, the difficulty of tunneling through the Dover Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Tiverington instead. Expectations for stone traffic to York were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In his autobiography John Green writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s