History

A brief history of the Rochdale canal

THE first canal to be built over the formidable barrier of the Pennines, the Rochdale runs from the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge.

A time line showing the development of the Rochdale canal from 1766 when the idea was first mooted to the present day

IT WAS the one thing every canal needs and it sank previous attempts to create a Rochdale Canal - water.

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