The Bradford Canal

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A virtual journey along the route of the Bradford Canal

The history of the Bradford Canal

Restoration of the Bradford Canal

Also on Pennine Waterways:

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Aire and Calder Navigation

Calder and Hebble Navigation

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal

Waterways in Manchester and Salford

The Rochdale Canal

The Peak Forest Canal

The Bridgewater Canal

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Bradford Canal

The Bradford Canal ran for 3 miles southwards from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Shipley to the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.

It had 10 locks, arranged as one 3-rise staircase, 3 2-rise staircases and one single-rise lock.

The Bradford Canal closed to navigation in 1922.

The site features a Virtual Journey along the original Bradford Canal route.

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These related books are available from amazon.co.uk - follow links for details:

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal

by Gary Firth

Bye Bye Broadway: A Pictorial History of Bradford City Centre

from Bradford Telegraph & Argus

Saltaire and Its Founder

by Abraham Holroyd

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