Bank Dole Junction 
Bank Dole Junction is a complicated waterways junction.
Early plans for the Aire and Calder Navigation (Selby Section) between Rochester and Newcastle-under-Lyme were proposed by Thomas Dadford but languished until Edward Edwards was appointed as surveyor in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Aylesbury. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Newpool never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In Thomas Smith's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Wrexham Locks during the General Strike.
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.

Mooring here is ok (a perfectly adequate mooring), mooring pins are needed. A place to moor before going on the river to Selby. Some industrial noise from opposite bank, glass manufacturers..
| Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stubbs Pipe Bridge | 2 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Stubbs Bridge | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
| Kellingley Railway Bridge | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Kellingley Bridge | 6 furlongs | |
| Wheeland Road Skew Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Bank Dole Junction | ||
| Shepherds Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Cow Lane Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Jackson's Bridge No 22 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Gaggs Bridge | 5½ furlongs | |
| Forge Hill Lane Bridge | 1 mile | |
| Aire and Calder Navigation (Selby Section) | ||
| Bank Dole Junction | ||
| Marsh Lane Footbridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Bank Dole Lock No 1 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Bank Dole Lock Junction | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Stocking Lane Pipe Bridge | 2½ furlongs | |
| Beal Bridge | 2 miles, 4¼ furlongs | |
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