Rochdale Canal Hebden Bridge
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Rochdale Canal Hebden Bridge
Image: © Paul Anderson Taken: 28 Sep 2008
Seen here South East of Hebden Bridge is a section of the Rochdale Canal on its 32 mile journey from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge. Built by immigrant navvies between 1799 and 1804, the canal needed ninety-two locks to lift it 600ft above sea level. Decades of dereliction and neglect ended in 2003 when the Rochdale re-opened - fully restored and reconnected to the national network at Sowerby Bridge where the deepest canal basin in the country marks its merging with the Calder and Hebble Navigation http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/rochdale/rc6.htm Many abandoned canal buildings around Hebden Bridge have been converted into luxury waterside apartments, small businesses and workshops, and the whole atmosphere of the canal bank has been enhanced by refurbished parks, marinas and gardens. Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.738215
Longitude
-2.007846