We hope ere long to record the general operation of the system; though it will require a little time, perhaps, as it must have a beginning. Completed in 1776, the Bridgewater Canal was the catalyst that started half a century of canal building. at Runcorn to forge a link with the Port of Liverpool. [81] In 1844 the canal made a profit of £76,410, the second highest during the time it was administered by the Trustees. [68] In November 1831 Bradshaw suffered a stroke, as a result of which he lost the use of his left arm and leg, and there is evidence that it also impaired his judgement. Sale Moor and similarly across the River Bollin, coupled with disputes with Earl and 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, left him heavily in debt for most of his Chaddock pits in the east of Tyldesley were connected to an underground level from Worsley. [61], During the 1820s there was increased dissatisfaction with the canals. the canal and Barton Swing Bridge Built. This renowned engineering feat, ridiculed by many, crowned The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. Bridgewater Navigation Company £1,710,000 for the whole of their properties. Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, Manchester City Council, Salford City In the 1940s and '50s coal was sent to Barton Power Station and Runcorn Gas Works. canals in use on the continent which, after turning his back on London, spurred At the Runcorn end of the Canal, the Duke spent considerable [10] This route would make connecting to any future canals much easier, and would also increase competition with the Mersey and Irwell Navigation company. The tramroad was later worked by locomotives. Lancashire. The trust meet twice a year and formulate the long and short predecessor was in 1761. The narrow locks on the Trent and Mersey limited the width (beam) of the boats (which came to be called narrowboats ), and thus limited the quantity of the cargo they could carry to around thirty tonnes. [23] A junction, Waters Meeting, was created in Trafford Park, at which the new extension branched south through Stretford, Sale, Altrincham, Lymm and finally to Runcorn. Fereday Smith was appointed as Deputy Superintendent in March 1837 on a salary of £600 a year, half of the salary which had been offered to his father. A new half tide dock, the Alfred Dock was opened at Runcorn in 1860. Similarly, in 1923, a new [80] During the same year competition with other canals was further reduced by agreements made with the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Company and with the Anderton Carrying Company. The most likely allies seemed to be other railway companies, including the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and the Shrewsbury and Chester railway companies, and the Great Western Railway. canal networks. The lockers, gaugers, and other officers of Customs were in attendance, superintending the unloading of the vessel and thus have commenced the operations of the Manchester Custom-house. barge! shareholders were also shareholders of the new company. All income allowed to reach Worsley until 1861 and even then the railway directors turned The 40-mile (64 km) development, which includes a new towpath, will form part of the National Cycle and Footpath Network as Regional Route number 82. [54] These were Sir Archibald Macdonald, who was Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, at the time the Bishop of Carlisle and later the Archbishop of York, and, as Superintendent, Robert Haldane Bradshaw, the Duke's agent. As the century passed the canal Trustees were hard pressed [55], During the time the canal was administered by the Bridgewater Trustees, it made a profit every year. At high tide the gates were closed, and with the ebb of the tide were opened to release water, which scoured the silt from the entrance to the locks. A NEW care home facility could be built on the banks of the Bridgewater Canal. [24] This change was designed to accommodate Mersey flats, although the low fixed bridges required that traffic on the canal be able to lower or unship their masts. On 1 March 1837, he was succeeded as Superintendent by James Loch. and he had to borrow money to pay his workmen. She is lying in the Bridgewater Canal, Knott Mill where the Duke's trustees have constructed a large bonding vault, which Mr. Gibb has taken and had licensed for the purpose, and we believe he is now removing his stock of wine and spirits from other ports to Manchester, for the greater convenience of sampling and sale. Trusteeship was sold to Bridgewater Navigation Co Ltd, in 1872 and completed in 1647 A ‘sough’ (tunnel) was cut into the cliff face of the Delph quarry in Worsley to help drain water from the mines on Walkden Moor. The news of the sale On the death of the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater in 1803, his The Ship Canal Act of 1966 allowed the closure and filling in of the newer line of locks. The Bridgewater Way is a scheme to redevelop the canal and make it more accessible to users, particularly cyclists. [7] The duke and his estate manager John Gilbert[8] produced a plan of the canal, and in 1759 obtained an Act of Parliament, enabling its construction. team were busy on the next phase of extending the Canal to the Mersey tideway [78] The most dangerous of the rivals was the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company who started to reduce their rates again in 1840. The Bridgewater Canal is sometimes described as England's first canal. When the Bridgwater Docks were built, thousands of people lined the docksides and the day was declared a bank holiday. Duke of Bridgewater. Today, it's a peaceful place where people enjoy activities such as walking, cycling and canoeing. By his will the income from the canal was to be paid to his nephew George Leveson-Gower, the Marquess of Stafford (later the 1st Duke of Sutherland). law of the Canal Duke. The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England.It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. Despite opposition, the following an existing watercourse, and so became a model for those that The Bridgewater Canal is surrounded by a beautiful environment rich with flora and fauna. In 2009, the Bridgewater Canal was transferred out of the Peel Ports Group into the Peel Land & Property group. It had been expected that he would appoint his other son, William Rigby Bradshaw, as his successor, but Loch persuaded him to appoint James Sothern in the position; Sothern had been the principal agent of the Trust since December 1832. The old line of locks in Runcorn fell into disuse in the late 1930s, and were closed under the Ship Canal Act of 1949 and filled in. joining Trafford Park to Streford and Manchester. [84] Competition from the railways and other canals led to a decline in the trading and the profits between 1845 and 1848, but there was no "disastrous collapse". From there it continued southeast along the edge of Trafford Park, and then east into Manchester. The boats in some places are to go underground, and in other places over a navigable river, without communicating with its waters". It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh. Further competition was to come from other carriers who used the canal; in 1824 the traffic carried by private companies exceeded that carried by the Trustees for the first time. out a gorge in the embankment ninety feet wide. 1763. [1] The warehouses were of timber-frame design, with load-bearing hand-made brick walls, supported on cast iron posts. Bridgewater Navigation Company Ltd was formed and this company purchased the [25], In 1766 the Duke gained a fourth act of parliament for a branch canal between Sale Moor and Stockport which was to follow the valley of the Mersey. With this one astute move they avoided paying tolls to the Irwell Navigation, coal prices in Manchester were … The first known idea to build a canal between the River Mersey and the River Trent was put forward in 1755, though no action was taken at that time. In 1987 Highams acquired a majority shareholding of the Manchester Ship Canal Company (subsequently the shares held by Highams were transferred to Peel Holdings). It took two years to build the canal which was completed in 1761. The Act was applied for to counter a proposed canal that would give the towns of Stockport and Macclesfield access to the Mersey, via the River Weaver. [35] Alongside the Mersey, the duke built Runcorn Dock, several warehouses, and Bridgewater House, a temporary home from which he could supervise operations at the Runcorn end. However any cooperation between the two companies was short-lived and by 1812 the Mersey and Irwell had reduced their charges. For the canal in Somerset, see, The Packet House at Worsley, on the canal. the industrial areas of Manchester, the Bridgewater Canal was the forerunner of The work involved in creating the Bridgewater Canal by the 6th The connection to the Mersey was made on 1 January 1773. is used to maintain and improve the Stretford and to Castlefield Wharf, Manchester by 1765. [5], The new road crossing of the Mersey now under construction may allow a realignment of the bridge approach road and the complete restoration of the original flight of locks[118] – thus re-opening the link to Runcorn Docks, the Runcorn and Weston Canal, the River Mersey, the Manchester Ship Canal, and the River Weaver. An Act to enable the most noble Francis Duke of Bridgewater, to make a navigable cut or canal from a certain place in the township of Salford, over the Irwell, to the town of Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and to or near Longford Bridge, in the township of Stretford, in the said county. Charges were made against him of dishonesty and of nepotism. He built locks 72 feet 7 inches (22.12 m) long by 15 feet (4.6 m) wide when he extended the Bridgewater Canal to Runcorn, where the canal's only locks lowered boats to the River Mersey. However this was perceived as poaching and it led to such controversy that Smith declined the offer and recommended his son, George Samuel Fereday Smith for the post. The terminus would be at Castlefield Basin, where the nearby River Medlock was to help supply the canal with water. [14], The duke invested a large sum of money in the scheme. [71] He reported to Francis Egerton that Bradshaw was no longer fit to be Superintendent, and then persuaded Bradshaw to retire on his full salary. Inspired by the effectiveness of the wholly artificial navigation, the Bridgewater Canal opened in 1759–60. From Worsley to Manchester its construction cost £168,000 (equivalent to £26,080,180 in 2019),[15][16] but its advantages over land and river transport meant that within a year of its opening in 1761, the price of coal in Manchester fell by about half. Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, owned some of the coal mines dug to supply North West England with fuel for the steam engines instrumental in powering England's Industrial Revolution. [6][9][a], James Brindley was brought in for his technical expertise (having previously installed a pumping system at the nearby Wet Earth Colliery), and after a six-day visit suggested varying the route of the proposed canal away from Salford, instead taking it across the River Irwell to Stretford and thereon into Manchester. Worsley in 1837. proposed Canal from the Trent to the Mersey on behalf of Earl Gower, the brother-in - Manchester Guardian[87]. The management of the company was placed in the hands of three trustees. [4] The duke's underground mines also suffered from persistent flooding, caused by the geology of the Middle Coal Measures, where the coal seam lies beneath a layer of permeable sandstone. Robert Bradshaw was appointed manager. The other two trustees had each married nieces of the duke and were "dummy trustees". When the Duke was just 23 The duke gave the task of designing and building the canal to James Brindley – an engineer who at this time had never built a canal before. [89] The value of the traffic carried by the Bridgewater Canal in 1851 was the lowest in the time it was administered by the Trustees. Worsley Old Hall, a fine timbered house, was the scene of Named after its owner, Francis Egerton the third Duke of The canal here was a lifeline for the Bridgewater works yard and is situated on what is now Worsley Green. This was spent mainly on a second line of locks at Runcorn, which were completed in 1828, plus new warehouses at Manchester and Liverpool. [11], In addition to the duke's warehouse at Manchester, more buildings were built by Brindley and extended to Alport Street (now called Deansgate). Both lock-based options would also have caused congestion on the Bridgewater Canal and since the Manchester Ship Canal Company had been obliged to buy the Bridgewater Canal lock, stock and barrel as part of the hugely expensive project (seven years in the building the Ship Canal cost £15m in 1894 or around £1.7bn in 2015 terms) it was keen to maximise income from the Bridgewater … Following the royal assent given to build the canal in 1759, the Bridgewater Canal was opened on 17 July and reached as far as the Barton Aqueduct, a massive and impressive structure that allowed the Bridgewater Canal to cross the River Irwell. The Bridgewater Canal Connecting people with history. The Bridgewater Canal represents the first entirely artificial canal in Britain, constructed by the engineer James Brindley and mainly financed by Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803), to haul coal from his mines to the growing industrial city of Manchester. However Bradshaw's tactics led to a sharp decline in profits. first canal. [73] Loch immediately undertook a reorganisation of the administration and efficiency of the business,[74] restored the agreement with the Old Quay Company to raise freight charges, and improved the facilities for passengers, including the introduction of "swift boats". Two locks up from the tideway was a small dry dock. [13] Boats would unload their cargoes inside the duke's purpose-built warehouse. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh. Bridgewater, took a grand tour of Europe, and was evidently impressed with the His initial plan was to make the terminus at Hempstones, east of Runcorn Gap, but following a study of the tides and depth of water there, he decided instead to build the terminus west of Runcorn Gap. Borough Council, Warrington Borough Council, Macclesfield Borough Council, generated by the Bridgewater Canal from pleasure craft, fishing, drainage and Highams were transferred to Peel and in 1994 the Manchester Ship Canal Company The duke therefore gained a second Act of Parliament, which superseded the original. [79] Eventually, in desperation, the Bridgewater Trustees bought the Mersey and Irwell and took over its ownership on 1 January 1844. Parliament between the Canal Trustees and the new railways. Navigable throughout its history, it is one of the few canals in Britain not to have been nationalised, and remains privately owned. The town council of the borough of Manchester, however, are made liable, under the act of the 7th and 8th of Victoria cap 81, to the charges of maintaining this establishment, and the public are thereby exonerated from the expense. However, in time more profit came from "tonnage traffic" (that carried by private companies) than from the Bridgewater's own carriage of freight. from the time the first loads of coal were hoisted to street level by [56], Having seen off competition from other canal companies, the next major threat was to come from the railways. This had caused water levels and other interested parties it was decided that a working party would be Irwell, one via Patricroft to Salford and the other in the direction of Inside the mines 46 miles (74 km) of underground canal on four levels, linked by inclined planes, were constructed. Castlefield Wharf and the Basin became a hive of activity This company became known as Bridgewater Estates Ltd, and More notably perhaps, the canal’s impact on the price of coal sparked a raft of imitators in a period of frenetic canal building between the 1790s and 1810s which would become known as ‘canal mania’. He helped James Brindley and Francis Egerton build the bridgewater canal. By today’s values he One of the Ship Canal’s earliest requirements was to replace new route abandoned the Hollins Ferry line and the section which had reached The Bridgewater Canal was opened all the way to Runcorn in 1776, with locks down into the tidal River Mersey Estuary. traders of Manchester and Salford on the Duke’s promise to reduce the delivered Fares were similar but the Bridgewater route was said to be "more picturesque". We use cookies to help us provide you with a better service, but do not track anything that can be used to personally identify you. branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. for Barton Aqueduct by making a model from a cheese. Warrington to link with the River Mersey at Hollins Ferry. Manchester Collieries which was nationalised in 1948. …James Brindley to construct the Bridgewater Canal (1761), the first true canal in England, to let him transport coal cheaply to Manchester from his mines in Worsley. formed to explore the possible formation of a Trust which might bear a fair landowner, Sir Richard Brooke of Norton Priory, held up completion for many [citation needed] The Duke's warehouse in Manchester was demolished in 1960.[1]. [56] On 19 July the Marquess of Stafford (now the 1st Duke of Sutherland) died and the profits from the canal passed to Francis Egerton. [57] Bradshaw found it difficult to delegate, and complained of being over-worked, but he was also regarded as being a "formidable bargainer". In 2004, ownership of the [56] Until his retirement in 1834, the administration was carried out entirely by Bradshaw. Under a Transport and Works Order, the statutory powers in connection with the operation of the Bridgewater Canal were transferred from the Manchester Ship Canal Company to the Bridgewater Canal Company Limited. Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, owned some of the coal mines dug to supply North West England with fuel for the steam engines instrumental in powering England's Industrial Revolution. over the River Bollin on an embankment with the Canal water level thirty four He changed his name to Lord Francis Egerton in accordance with [34] The work was not done, the Act lapsed and this section of canal was never built. to the Manchester Ship Canal Company but it was felt that a Trust would offer [42] Sometime after 1840 Samuel Jackson built a narrow gauge tramroad worked by horses from his Gin Pit Colliery to Marsland Green where he installed cranes and tipplers to load barges at a wharf. In 1845, in return for concessions, the Trustees supported the Grand Junction Railway in its campaign to build a more direct line to Liverpool, which crossed the Mersey over a bridge at Runcorn Gap. Bridgewater House was built in 1771, near the lower end of a line of ten locks leading from the Runcorn basin of the Bridgewater Canal to the River Mersey.It was the occasional residence of the Duke of Bridgewater when he was supervising the building and operation of the Runcorn branch of the canal. They lifted their small lightweight boats out of the M&IN at Runcorn, and carried them a short distance up the steep streets onto the Bridgewater Canal. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to … The route towards Patricroft made good progress but the cut to Hollins Ferry The total annual expense of this establishment, exclusive of that for the Custom-house and warehouse is £2,620. Tugs and barges carried materials to and from the yard, which was the workshop and supply base of Worsley mining, canal cutting and boat building industries. Affectionately known as the “Dukes Cut” the Bridgewater He therefore looked for a deputy to take on these duties. Source: unknown. formation of a trust, the breach was repaired and the Canal was finally Of these, the most likely seemed to be the Great Western Railway who, in their concern to expand northwards were willing to help the Trustees with the carriage of their traffic to the south. [37] In 1810 there was a general agreement with the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company (M&IN) to simultaneously raise freight charges. by a flight of 10 locks. The was a great strain on the Duke’s finances The canal crossed the River Irwell by means of a unique stone aqueduct constructed over the river, later replaced by the Barton Swing aqueduct over the Manchester Ship Canal. [60] There were also problems caused by silting around the entrance to the Mersey and by the changing channels of the river itself. [18] Along with its stone aqueduct at Barton-upon-Irwell, the Bridgewater Canal was considered a major engineering achievement. [6][10][b], Brindley's planned route began at Worsley and passed southeast through Eccles, before turning south to cross the River Irwell on the Barton Aqueduct. landowners, delayed work under this Act. Some of this was carried out in conjunction with the London and North Western Railway who were building a bridge across Runcorn Gap to take their line from Weaver Junction to Liverpool; the railway paid half the cost of the improvements, amounting to about £20,000 (£1.78 million today). [22] Despite objections from the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company,[10] Royal assent was given on 24 March 1762. £9,000. His first choice was Richard Smith who was the mine agent to the Trustees of the 1st Earl of Dudley. [17] This success helped inspire a period of intense canal building, known as Canal Mania. share of the cost of maintaining the Canal. change to the Bill which was being presented to Parliament. In 1984 Bridgewater Estates Ltd was purchased by a subsidiary of Peel Holdings. In December 1761 Brindley undertook a survey of the route at Runcorn. Its construction is the earliest known attempt to respond to the imperatives of the … reopened to navigation in September 1973. did in fact function for 100 years to 1903 although the navigation part of the More money was needed to offset the threat of the railway on [66] The late 1830s and early 1840s had seen increased competition between the Bridgewater Canal on the one hand, and other canal companies and the railways on the other. Railway’s Bill in 1825 was opposed to by the Trustees, but this was withdrawn - E.J, Shropshire There are plans to rebuild the Runcorn locks when a new river bridge is built which could create a River Weaver Ring. waterwheel at a rate of 5 tons an hour. He first reduced the top-heavy administration of the Trust,[96] and then took on the planning of the expansion of the business. [93] During the previous four years the Lochs had been reluctant to invest in improvements to the canal or Runcorn Dock, despite the increasing demand for the passage of goods through the dock, and the profits made during these years became stagnant. [62] The possible construction of a railway between Liverpool and Manchester was vigorously opposed by Bradshaw, who refused railway surveyors access to land owned by the Trustees. company was formed to acquire the estate owned by the Ellesmere family in [69], Matters came to a head in 1833, the year in which the canal made its lowest profit since the death of the Duke. [56] In 1851 the Earl of Ellesmere hosted a visit to Manchester by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The canal has suffered three breaches; one soon after opening, another in 1971 near the River Bollin aqueduct,[115] and another in the summer of 2005 when a sluice gate failed in Manchester. The Bridgewater Canal is sometimes described as England’s up for the cutting of the first sod for Worsley railway station in a canal There were no locks in Brindley's design, demonstrating[clarification needed] his ability as a competent engineer. breach. [23], The total cost of the canal, from Worsley to Manchester and from Longford Bridge to the Mersey at Runcorn, was £220,000. Sales of coal were £19,455, and nearly £30,000 was earned from other cargoes. Having visited the Canal du Midi in France and watched the construction of the Sankey Canal in England,[5] the duke's solution to these problems was to build an underground canal at Worsley, connected to a surface canal between Worsley and Salford. The Bridgewater Canal Trust was formed following a breach of [116] Cranes are located at intervals along the canal's length to allow boards to be dropped into slots in the banks. 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