Ouse - Aire and Calder Junction
Address is taken from a point 287 yards away.
Ouse - Aire and Calder Junction is a complicated waterways junction.
The Act of Parliament for the River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Naburn to Goole) was passed on January 1 1876 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Dadford. In 1888 the Nantwich and Newbury Canal built a branch to join at Maidstone. Expectations for iron traffic to Mancester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Naburn to Goole) were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Tiverhampton kept it open. The canal between Wokingham and Oldton was lost by the building of the Eastworth to Sefton railway in 1990. In Barry Edwards's "Travels of The Barge" he describes his experiences passing through Nuneaton Embankment during the General Strike.
Early plans of what would become the River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Goole to Trent Falls) were drawn up by Benjamin Outram in 1816 but problems with Castlepool Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The River Ancholme at Bridgend the canal ran for 37 miles to Derby. In Charles Clarke's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Arun Aqueduct during a thunderstorm.
Early plans of what would become the Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford) were drawn up by Thomas Telford in 1782 but problems with Chelmsford Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1888. Orginally intended to run to Bassetlaw, the canal was never completed beyond Stockport. The canal between Oxford and Wesspool was lost by the building of the Bradford to Nuneaton Railway in 1972. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Edward Wright describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Erewash Inclined plane.

| River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Naburn to Goole) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Howden Dyke | 3 miles, ¾ furlongs | |
| Skelton | 2 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Hook | 2 miles, 2 furlongs | |
| Sandhall Road Railway Bridge | 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs | |
| Sandhall | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| North Dock Entrance | 2½ furlongs | |
| Ouse - Aire and Calder Junction | ||
| River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Goole to Trent Falls) | ||
| Ouse - Aire and Calder Junction | ||
| Don - Ouse Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| Swinefleet | 1 mile, 5 furlongs | |
| Saltmarshe | 3 miles, 1 furlong | |
| Little Reedness | 4 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Blacktoft | 6 miles, 5½ furlongs | |
| Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford) | ||
| Ouse - Aire and Calder Junction | ||
| Ocean Lock No 13 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| North Docks | 1¾ furlongs | |
| South Dock Bridge | 3¼ furlongs | |
| South Dock Basins | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Goole Marina | 6¾ furlongs | |
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![The River Ouse, outside Ocean Lock, Goole. Looking upstream [locally north]. by Christine Johnstone – 24 August 2016](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/11/28/5112876_02d339e7_120x120.jpg)








![Dutch River Mouth, Goole, at high tide. Compare with a similar view in 1974 [[374685]]. The Dutch River was created by the Dutch engineer Vermuyden. by Christine Johnstone – 24 August 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/51/37/5513781_ce40fd87_120x120.jpg)








![Locking into Goole Docks (2). Going up! Even a boat of this size gets a bit of a buffeting from the inrush of water into the lock chamber. The public footpath across the lock gates enables this view to be taken.For the next stage see [[579246]] by Alan Murray-Rust – 07 October 2007](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/57/92/579238_0e434734_120x120.jpg)
![Locking into Goole Docks (1). Rix Owl enters the main lock from the River Ouse, having come up on the making tide. Rix deal in petroleum products. For the next picture see [[579238]] by Alan Murray-Rust – 07 October 2007](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/57/92/579235_0a085cb0_120x120.jpg)








