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Boats along the restored Huddersfield Narrow Canal

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal re-opened to navigation between Ashton under Lyne and Wool Road, Dobcross on April 9th 2001 and between Dobcross and Huddersfield on May 1st 2001. Click below to see pictures of the first boats to use the restored sections of the canal:

A link at the bottom of each page will take you to the next page.

First boats through Stalybridge.

First working boat through Stalybridge.

First horse-drawn boat through Stalybridge.

First horse-drawn boat through Scout Tunnel.

First boat through Wade Lock, Uppermill.

Take a virtual ride through High Street Bridge, Uppermill.

Mayor's official cruise from Stalybridge.

Mayor's offical inaugural trip through Huddersfield.

First boats through Huddersfield.

First boats through Standedge Tunnel.

First day at Standedge Visitor Centre.

Official Opening Day at Uppermill.

First boats at other locations along the canal.

Problems on the canal during the first days of May 2001.

Official Opening in Stalybridge.

Stalybridge Renaissance Festival.

Horse-drawn boat Maria's return journey - Slaithwaite.

Horse-drawn boat Maria's return journey - Stalybridge.

By horse-drawn boat around the South Pennine Ring.

The new Visitor Centre at Tunnel End, Marsden, opened on May 1st 2001. Admission to this includes a 30 minute boat ride into the tunnel.
Information is available on the official Standedge Visitor Centre web site.

Also see Pennine Waterways' own pages about Standedge Tunnel.

Click here to see pictures of the restoration work on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

Click here to take a Virtual Trip along the whole Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

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