Newspaper Articles dating from 1848 for Peak Forest Canal.
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Title
Newspaper Articles dating from 1848 for Peak Forest Canal.
Description
1793-1903 typed and handwritten listings and extracts from newspaper articles relating to Peak Forest Canal and its surroundings
1848-1929 tea party for boatmen and their families, drownings, accident at Aqueduct Mill due to unfenced machinery
1930-1950 fine for employment of boys at Aqueduct Works, canal drowning in fog, timings for Ashton and Marple Swift packet boats
1960-1969 repairs needed to aqueduct, move to preserve Marple flight of locks and towpaths, possibilities of closures, volunteers begin work
1970-1979 opening of Posset Bridge improvement scheme
1980-1989 rebuilding of Lock 15, derelict Lockside Mill renovation planned
1990-1999 dry summer may cause canal closures, ladders for lock walls, teenager rescued from aqueduct climb, repairs to canal, reopening of Marple flight of locks
2000-2018 Bottom Lock Cottage, proposal for residential development beside canal, need to move New Horizons mooring, lock closures to save water, aqueduct and Lock 11 repairs, railings for aqueduct.
Cheshire Property Services sale brochure for Bottom Lock Cottage : 1995
1848-1929 tea party for boatmen and their families, drownings, accident at Aqueduct Mill due to unfenced machinery
1930-1950 fine for employment of boys at Aqueduct Works, canal drowning in fog, timings for Ashton and Marple Swift packet boats
1960-1969 repairs needed to aqueduct, move to preserve Marple flight of locks and towpaths, possibilities of closures, volunteers begin work
1970-1979 opening of Posset Bridge improvement scheme
1980-1989 rebuilding of Lock 15, derelict Lockside Mill renovation planned
1990-1999 dry summer may cause canal closures, ladders for lock walls, teenager rescued from aqueduct climb, repairs to canal, reopening of Marple flight of locks
2000-2018 Bottom Lock Cottage, proposal for residential development beside canal, need to move New Horizons mooring, lock closures to save water, aqueduct and Lock 11 repairs, railings for aqueduct.
Cheshire Property Services sale brochure for Bottom Lock Cottage : 1995
Date
Reviewed AB 09/2022
Identifier
CAN/04/01
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Louiset
Files
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Citation
“Newspaper Articles dating from 1848 for Peak Forest Canal.,” Marple Local History Society Archives, accessed April 20, 2024, https://marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/archives/items/show/354.