Calder and Hebble Navigation
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The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a broad inland waterway, with locks and bridge holes that are suitable for 14-foot-wide boats, in West Yorkshire, England. Construction to improve the River Calder
Looking towards the terminal basin of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, from a point near the junction with the Rochdale Canal
Anchor Pit Flood Gates protect the Kirklees Cut when river levels are high.
Aire and Calder Navigation
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The Aire and Calder Navigation is the canalised section of the Rivers Aire and Calder in West Yorkshire, England. The first improvements to the rivers above Knottingley were completed in 1704 when the
Calder and Hebble Navigation
…the coming of the railways, the canal was leased to the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1843, but this was subsequently deemed to be illegal, and the Aire and Calder Navigation with which the Calder and Hebble Navigation connected at its eastern end, leased the canal from September 1847 until 1885. Some of the locks were…
One of the 600 tonne barges used on the Navigation
Aire and Calder Navigation blue plaque
One of the large locks