Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Macclesfield Canal

Macclesfield Canal (1826), Cheshire; extends from the Peak Forest Canal at Marple SW. past Macclesfield to the Grand Trunk Canal at Lawton; is 29½ miles long, rises 114 ft., and has 13 locks.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "canal"   (ADL Feature Type: "canals")
Administrative units: Cheshire Ancient County

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