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801. A selection of web sites about the Rochdale Canal and others in the area
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002VISIT these websites for more information about the Rochdale and other canals in the area
802. Great Flood of Middleton
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002AS IT travels towards Manchester, the canal often rises on embankments or aqueducts to cross low ground or other watercourses.
803. Councillor Allen Brett
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002OPENING up the canal was never going to be insurmountable from an engineering point of view, but raising the money was quite another matter.
804. A special vote of thanks from us voles!
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002A 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.
805. Two hundred years, two engineers, one vision
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002AS 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.
806. The times they have a-changed
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002HARD to believe but these two pictures are taken from exactly the same spot - 30 years apart.
807. Brian Holden
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002BRIAN 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.
808. Tales from the Tow Path
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002IT 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.
809. No way back for the town basin
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002IT 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.
810. The rise, fall and rise of the Rochdale
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002A time line showing the development of the Rochdale canal from 1766 when the idea was first mooted to the present day