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The Bridgewater Canal by Tom Brown
The Bridgewater Canal is a 39-mile (65km) canal stretching from Runcorn to Leigh in North West England. Constructed over 250 years ago by the Duke of Bridgewater, it is considered to be the first true canal in England. Built at one level, its route followed the contours of the land to avoid the use of locks.
The canal was constructed to transport the Duke of Bridgewater’s coal from his mine at Worsley in Greater Manchester efficiently and cheaply to the rapidly expanding towns and cities nearby. At its peak, over 3 million tonnes of traffic used the Bridgewater Canal. Nowadays, it is a leisure waterway popular with many cruising boaters.
The canal is also a strategic link between the North and South canal network and features one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways, the well-known “Barton Swing Aqueduct” which passes over the Manchester Ship Canal, close to the nearby Trafford Centre.
From the original artwork by Tom Brown. The Bridgewater Canal has been registered with the Fine Art Trade Guild as an ArtSure-approved, open edition giclee print.
The print is supplied with a mount to fit a 40 x 50cm frame.
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