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Ashton Canal (New Islington Canal Arm)

Early plans for the Ashton Canal (New Islington Canal Arm) between Stratford-on-Avon and Castlepool were proposed by John Rennie but languished until Exuperius Picking Junior was appointed as secretary to the board in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Gateshead. The 6 mile section between Falkirk and Basingstoke was closed in 1905 after a breach at Tiverstone. In 1972 the canal became famous when William Wright painted a mural of Swansea Locks on the side of Edward Taylor's house.

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The Ashton Canal (New Islington Canal Arm) is a narrow canal and is part of the Ashton Canal. It runs for ½ furlongs from Junction with the New Islington Canal Arm (where it joins the Ashton Canal (Main Line)) to Old Mill Street (north end) (which is a dead end).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Junction with the New Islington Canal Arm
New Islington Canal Arm Towpath Bridge	a few yards	0 locks
Lampwick Arm	¼ furlongs	0 locks
Old Mill Street (north end)	½ furlongs	0 locks

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The Ashton Canal is a canal in Greater Manchester, England, linking Manchester with Ashton-under-Lyne.

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[Ashton-under-Lyne] the mid-19th century Ashton had emerged as an important mill town at a convergence of newly constructed canals and railways. Ashton-under-Lyne's transport [Rochdale Canal] nine locks opened in 1800 and boats using the Ashton Canal could reach Manchester. Officially, the canal opened in 1804, but construction work continued [Huddersfield Narrow Canal] with the Ashton Canal at Whitelands Basin in Ashton-under-Lyne. It crosses the Pennines by means of 74 locks and the Standedge Tunnel. The canal was first [Ashton] Lancashire Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester Ashton Canal Ashton, Inverclyde Ashton Lane, Glasgow Ashton, Georgia Ashton, Idaho Ashton, Illinois Ashton, Iowa [Peak Forest Canal] Dukinfield in Greater Manchester, where it makes a junction with the Ashton Canal at the southern end of the Tame Aqueduct (grid reference SJ934984) through [Droylsden] Lancashire, in the mid-19th century Droylsden grew as a mill town on the Ashton canal. Beginning in the early 1930s, Droylsden's population expanded rapidly [Macclesfield Canal] northern end would be isolated under plans to close the Ashton Canal and the lower Peak Forest Canal in the early 1960s, but vigorous campaigning and a growing [Bradford, Manchester] sometimes referred to as Bradford-with-Beswick. The River Medlock and the Ashton Canal run through Bradford. The name of the area is ancient and in 1196 the [Dukinfield Junction] is the name of the canal junction where the Peak Forest Canal, the Ashton Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal meet near Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater

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