Runcorn to Latchford Canal. Old black and white

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The canal was built to bypass the shallow stretches of the Mersey at Fiddlers Ferry. It extended for 7 miles (11 km), ending to the east of Runcorn Gap close to the centre of the township of Runcorn,[3] and cost £48,000.[4] At Latchford, it joined the Mersey at a lock which was located above Howley Weir.[5] At its terminus a dock was built which became part of the Port of Runcorn. The canal was built under powers embodied in the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Act (1720) which permitted new cuts to be made without the necessity of further recourse to Parliament. It opened in July 1804.[3]

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Location: canal in runcorn
Photo credit: © David Clare / Alamy / Afripics
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