The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal is a disused canal in Greater Manchester, England, built to link Bolton and Bury with Manchester. The canal, when fully opened, was 15 miles 1 furlong (24 km) long. It was accessed via a junction with the River Irwell in Salford. Seventeen locks were required to climb to the summit as it passed through Pendleton, heading northwest to Prestolee before it split northwest to Bolton and northeast to Bury. Between Bolton and Bury the canal was level and required no locks. Six aqueducts were built to allow the canal to cross the rivers Irwell and Tonge and several minor roads.
The Grade II Listed steam crane at Mount Sion, on the Bury arm
Ladyshore Colliery
Nob End Locks in operation
A retaining wall along the Bury arm
Bury, Greater Manchester
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Bury is a market town on the River Irwell in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. which had a population of 81,101 in 2021 while the wider borough had a population of 193,846.
Image: Market Place, Bury geograph.org.uk 4315632
Image: The Rock, Bury geograph.org.uk 2842240
Image: Whitehead Clock Tower Bury
Image: Bury War Memorial and Parish Church (geograph 4417032)