Elsecar Branch Canal between Elscar and Hemingfield
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Elsecar Branch Canal between Elscar and Hemingfield
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 20 Aug 2018
Prior to the arrival of the railway in the mid nineteenth century, the colliery and ironworks at Elsecar were served by a canal. The Dearne and Dove Canal ran for almost ten miles through South Yorkshire, from Swinton to Barnsley. The Elsecar branch opened in 1798 and closed in 1928. In 1991 the Barnsley Canal Group (reformed as the Barnsley, Dearne & Dove Canals Trust in 2000) commenced restoring the top of the Elsecar branch of the canal in 1991 conjunction with work at what is now the Elsecar Heritage Centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.499757
Longitude
-1.413238