http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk// Top stories for How the work was done http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/canal/how_the_work_was_done/s/500/500129_reopening_was_easy__all_we_needed_was_some_cash.html OPENING up the Rochdale Canal was never going to be insurmountable from an engineering point of view, but raising the money was quite another matter. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/canal/how_the_work_was_done/s/500/500129_reopening_was_easy__all_we_needed_was_some_cash.html Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/canal/how_the_work_was_done/s/331/331385_two_hundred_years_two_engineers_one_vision.html AS MEN they could not be more different - working over two centuries apart - but engineers William Jessop and John Parr have a connection - the Rochdale Canal. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/canal/how_the_work_was_done/s/331/331385_two_hundred_years_two_engineers_one_vision.html Wed, 24 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/canal/how_the_work_was_done/s/331/331386_engineering_new_life_for_waterway.html ONE of the biggest engineering projects in Rochdale since the canal was built, the £23.8M restoration has involved a massive effort. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/canal/how_the_work_was_done/s/331/331386_engineering_new_life_for_waterway.html Wed, 24 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0000