The Macclesfield Canal is a canal in east Cheshire, England, one of the six that make up the Cheshire Ring. It was the last narrow canal to be built in the U.K. and the maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is 7 feet and 2 inches. The maximum draught is 3 feet and 6 inches.
The canal is 27 3/4 miles long with 13 locks.The canal was built to serve the mills, mines and quarries of the Marple, Poynton, Bollington, Macclesfield and Congleton areas as well as to provide a link from Manchester to the Potteries and Midlands in competition with the Trent & Mersey, Bridgewater route.
It was completed in 1831 and reduced the distance between Manchester and the Midlands by around 25 miles. Because the canal was one of the last built it very soon came into competition with the railways and in 1846, only 15 years later had been bought by a railway company. It did manage to survive in commercial use but after the Second World War went into decline until the 1960s. The canal remained popular with leisure boaters, especially as it formed part of the Cheshire Ring of Canals. It never closed and still remains popular today.
Locks 1 - 12 Bosley locks (118' 0")
The locks on the Bosley flight are unusual in that they are stone lined and also have a pair of bottom gates rather than the usual two on most narrow (and broad) canals. They also have side ponds for water conservation but are no longer in use.
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| Lock 1 - Top lock |
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| Lock 2 |
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| Lock 2 |
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| Lock 3 |
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| Lock 4 |
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| Lock 4 |
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| Lock 5 |
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| Lock 5 |
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| Lock 6 |
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| Lock 6 |
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| Lock 7 |
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| Lock 8 |
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| Lock 9 |
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| Lock 9 |
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| Lock 9 |
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| Lock 10 |
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| Lock 11 |
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| Lock 11 |
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| Lock 12 |
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| Lock 12 |
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| Lock 12 |
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Lock 13 Hall Green lock (1' 0")
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