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MACCLESFIELD CANAL, a canal along the E of Cheshire; from the Peak Forest canal at Marple, sonthsouth-westward, past Bollington, Macclesfield, and Congleton, to the Grand Trunk canal at Lawton. It was formed in 1826; it is 29½ miles long; it rises 114 feet, with 13 locks; and it is now held, in perpetual lease, by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway company.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a canal" (ADL Feature Type: "canals") |
Administrative units: | Cheshire AncC |
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