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1. 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.
2. Boaters will be a splash hit with economy
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002Director 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. A brief history of the Rochdale canal
Rochdale Observer, Thursday 25 July 2002THE first canal to be built over the formidable barrier of the Pennines, the Rochdale runs from the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge.
6. 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.
7. 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
8. That’s the way the money went ...
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002£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).
9. Keith Parry
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 24 July 2002WHILE boating on the Norfolk Broads with his parents, young Keith Parry never guessed how important waterways would turn out to be.
10. 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.