http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/ Top stories for Rochdale canal 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 Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/wildlife/s/331/331567_money_needed_to_save_wildlife_on_the_canal.html ENDANGERED species that make their home in and around the Rochdale Canal will be put at risk unless The Waterways Trust can find the money to build a new canalside reserve. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/wildlife/s/331/331567_money_needed_to_save_wildlife_on_the_canal.html Wed, 14 Aug 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/history/s/331/331406_a_brief_history_of_the_rochdale_canal.html 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. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/history/s/331/331406_a_brief_history_of_the_rochdale_canal.html Wed, 24 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/economic_impact/s/331394_boaters_will_be_a_splash_hit_with_economy Director of Rochdale Council's Regeneration Unit, Andy Zuntz, said of the restoration scheme: "The premise is that we would not have gone ahead with this scheme if it wasn't going to make a significant difference to the economy of the borough. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/economic_impact/s/331394_boaters_will_be_a_splash_hit_with_economy Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/dream_makers/s/331/331391_councillor_allen_brett.html OPENING up the 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/dream_makers/s/331/331391_councillor_allen_brett.html Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/wildlife/s/331/331395_a_special_vote_of_thanks_from_us_voles.html A TEAM of ecologists from British Waterways have been monitoring the impact of the restoration works; not just in the water, but the whole environment around the canal. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/wildlife/s/331/331395_a_special_vote_of_thanks_from_us_voles.html Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -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 Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/dream_makers/s/331/331390_brian_holden.html BRIAN Holden has spent the last 28 years telling people there's no such word as 'never', at least as far as the Rochdale Canal is concerned. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/dream_makers/s/331/331390_brian_holden.html Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/history/s/331/331382_the_rise_fall_and_rise_of_the_rochdale.html A time line showing the development of the Rochdale canal from 1766 when the idea was first mooted to the present day http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/history/s/331/331382_the_rise_fall_and_rise_of_the_rochdale.html Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/facts_and_figures/s/331/331396_thats_the_way_the_money_went_.html £23.8M was spent on the project - funded by the Millennium Commission (£11.8M), English Partnerships (£10.9M) and a consortium of Oldham and Rochdale Councils (£1.1M). http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/facts_and_figures/s/331/331396_thats_the_way_the_money_went_.html Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/dream_makers/s/331/331389_keith_parry.html WHILE boating on the Norfolk Broads with his parents, young Keith Parry never guessed how important waterways would turn out to be. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/dream_makers/s/331/331389_keith_parry.html Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/dark_side/s/331/331392_great_flood_of_middleton.html AS IT travels towards Manchester, the canal often rises on embankments or aqueducts to cross low ground or other watercourses. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/dark_side/s/331/331392_great_flood_of_middleton.html Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/before_and_after/s/331/331383_the_times_they_have_achanged.html HARD to believe but these two pictures are taken from exactly the same spot - 30 years apart. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/before_and_after/s/331/331383_the_times_they_have_achanged.html Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/dark_side/s/331/331393_tales_from_the_tow_path.html IT SEEMS the canal bears the handiwork of Britain's greatest mass murderer, but the picturesque Long Lees Lock near Littleborough seems an unlikely place to find it. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/dark_side/s/331/331393_tales_from_the_tow_path.html Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/before_and_after/s/331/331384_no_way_back_for_the_town_basin.html IT LOOKS just like a normal car-park serving a normal retail park. But it once brought in a different kind of business rather than the weekend shoppers in their cars. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/canal/before_and_after/s/331/331384_no_way_back_for_the_town_basin.html Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:00:00 -0000