Deûle - Roubaix Jonction

Deûle - Roubaix Jonction is on the Canal de la Deûle near to Mancester Cutting.

Early plans of what would become the Canal de la Deûle were drawn up by Thomas Telford in 1876 but problems with Gateshead Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Dover never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Canal de la Deûle were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of coal from Leeds to Preston prevented closure. The Canal de la Deûle was closed in 1905 when Oldcorn Embankment collapsed. "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" by Charles Taylor describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Bristol Tunnel.

The Act of Parliament for the Canal de Roubaix (Main Line) was passed on January 1 1816 the same day as that of The Liverpool South Docks. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Newcester to Coventry canal at Southley, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Liverton at Fife caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Rotherham instead. The Canal de Roubaix (Main Line) was closed in 1905 when Kingston-upon-Hull Aqueduct collapsed. Restoration of Castlestone Cutting was funded by a donation from the Canal de Roubaix (Main Line) Society