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Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line)

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line) was built by John Smeaton and opened on January 1 1888. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Henry Harding, there is no evidence that Oliver Yates ever painted a mural of Slough Embankment on the side of Charles Wright's house live on television

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The Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line) is part of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and is made up of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds), the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan) and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Appley shallow locks channel).

The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River Trust

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Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal: A History and Guide

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Wikipedia

Wikipedia has a page about Leeds and Liverpool Canal

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool.

Over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), it crosses the Pennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line. It has several small branches, and in the early 21st century a new link was constructed into the Liverpool docks system.

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[Wigan Pier] Wigan Pier is an area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous [Burnley] Padiham, and by 1800 there were over a dozen pits in the modern-day centre of the town alone. The arrival of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in 1796 made [Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society] The Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society is a waterway society on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Lancashire and Yorkshire, England. The society was formed [Liverpool Canal Link] 53.405; -2.997 The Liverpool Canal Link is an English waterway link that connects the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, at the Liverpool Pier Head, to the city's [Saltaire] Mill and associated residential district located by the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site and an Anchor [Apperley Bridge] the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire. It takes its name from the old bridge over the river on Apperley Lane. Parts of Rawdon in Leeds of similar [Lancaster Canal] completed, and much of the southern end leased to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, of which it is now generally considered part. Of the canal north of Preston [Great Canal Journeys] Great Canal Journeys is a Channel 4 television series in which husband and wife Timothy West and Prunella Scales take canal barge and narrowboat trips [Halsall] Halsall is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, located close to Ormskirk on the A5147 and Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Historically known

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