The Compstall Navigation : Private Canal
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The Compstall Navigation : Private Canal
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Photocopy of four pages extracted from "Canals to Manchester" D Owen. Manchester University Press Chapter 9 entitled The Compstall Navigation giving information on the very small private canal in the Etherow Valley.
Originally a mill leat built to bring a head of water to drive the water wheel at Compstall Mill, the channel came to be used as a navigation to convey coal from the small mines on wooded hills above the Etherow. Special tub boats, two of which survive, were built for this navigation and they would have been horse-drawn along this private canal.
Originally a mill leat built to bring a head of water to drive the water wheel at Compstall Mill, the channel came to be used as a navigation to convey coal from the small mines on wooded hills above the Etherow. Special tub boats, two of which survive, were built for this navigation and they would have been horse-drawn along this private canal.
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COM/01/015
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“The Compstall Navigation : Private Canal,” Marple Local History Society Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://mlhs.org.uk/archives/items/show/676.