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Manor Road, SHEFFIELD, S26 6PD

He has cast his line in Chesterfield Canal, not far from Kiveton Park Station on a sultry summer's afternoon.

After a few days of heavy rain, water is pouring into the Chesterfield Canal. The feeder comes north and then east from Harthill and Pebley Reservoirs.

The moorings are for the winding hole at the end of the navigable section of the canal from the River Trent to Norwood. After a very rainy April there was a lot of water entering the canal here from the supply reservoirs to the south.

Nb "Tamara 2” reaches the Manor Road winding hole at Kiveton Park Station (the current head of navigation) where the feeder from Harthill Reservoir runs into the Chesterfield Canal. Winding holes such as this are provided at strategic points along the canal for turning boats, which are generally longer than the canal is wide. Here, “Tamara 2” demonstrates how these winding holes are used. Canal arms and junctions can also be used to similar effect.

This mooring has been installed because the current head of navigation is just around the bend.

On this day there was a lot more water flowing into the canal than usual, so lower down another weir allowed excess water to flow out again. The Chesterfield canal is navigable from the River Trent to here. It was restored quite recently, but just to the left of this point lies a tunnel that's been collapsed for 100 years after mining subsidence. It may take a few years to get through there and finally on to Chesterfield.

The feeder is providing water to the Chesterfield Canal from the Harthill Reservoir.

The Harthill Feeder, perhaps more commonly known as the Manor Road Feeder, is situated by the Manor Road winding hole near Kiveton Park Station. The water is taken from Pebley and Harthill Reservoirs on the South Yorkshire/north-east Derbyshire border and flows via the Broad Bridge Dike before finally tumbling down the cascade and into the canal. This view was taken in early September, 2017. At this time of year the water flowing down the cascade would normally be reduced to little more than a trickle, but after a wetter than usual summer the fall was more impressive, though still not in full force.

The Harthill Feeder (sometimes known as the Manor Road feeder) is situated by the Manor Road winding hole close to Kiveton Park Station and takes its water from Harthill Reservoir. This view, taken in May 2012, shows the falls in full spate after a winter of heavy rain. In a normal summer it is usually reduced to a mere trickle.

The feeder stream from Harthill Reservoir joins the Chesterfield Canal at this point.