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Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line)
The Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Manchester Ship Canal. It runs for 36 miles and ¼ furlongs through 4 locks from Woden Street Footbridge (where it joins the Manchester Ship Canal (River Irwell Upper Reach)) to Eastham Locks (where it joins the River Mersey (Liverpool/Birkenhead)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 600 feet long and 65 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has junctions with the Shropshire Union Canal (Wirral Line - Main Line) at Ellesmere Port Junction; with the Bridgewater Canal (Pomona Lock Branch) at Pomona Dock No 4; with the Manchester Ship Canal (Walton Lock Branch) at Walton Junction; with the River Weaver (main line) at Delamere Dock Entrance and with the River Weaver (Weston Marsh Lock Line) at Weaver Mouth.
This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "very large commercial waterway, paperwork necessary"
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Woden Street Footbridge Junction of Manchester Ship Canal and River Irwell Upper Reach |
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Pomona Dock No 1 | 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Pomona Dock No 4 Junction with Branch to Bridgewater Canal |
4¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Dock Railway Swing Bridge | 6½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Trafford Road Swing Bridges Two swing bridges |
1 mile | 0 locks |
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Turning Basin Docks Nos 6, 7 and 8 |
1 mile and 3 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Dock No 8 Entrance | 1 mile and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Salford Quays Footbridge | 1 mile and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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The Lowry | 1 mile and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Imperial War Museum North | 1 mile and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Dock No 9 Entrance | 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Mode Wheel Locks | 2 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Weaste Wharf Blue circle wharf |
2 miles and 4 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Sewage Works | 2 miles and 4½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Centenary Bridge Opened in 1994 |
3 miles | 1 lock |
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Cerestar Wharf | 3 miles and 2 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Irwell Park Wharf | 3 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Barton Swing Aqueduct Overhead | 4 miles and 1½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Barton Swing Bridge | 4 miles and 2 furlongs | 1 lock |
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M60 Bridge | 5 miles | 1 lock |
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Barton Locks | 5 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Barton Locks Jettys | 5 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Hulmes Bridge Ferry | 7 miles and 3 furlongs | 2 locks |
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Irlam Locks | 7 miles and 4½ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Irlam Viaduct | 7 miles and 7 furlongs | 3 locks |
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Mersey Weir | 7 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Irlam Wharf | 8 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Partingham Coaling Basin | 8 miles and 6½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Cadishead Viaduct | 9 miles and ½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Cadishead Ferry | 9 miles and 4½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Millbank Wharf | 10 miles and ¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Warburton High Level Bridge | 10 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Rixton Junction Junction with the River Mersey |
12 miles and ¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Thelwall Viaduct Twin motorway bridges |
13 miles and 1½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Stratham Pumping Station No 3 Disused |
13 miles and 4 furlongs | 3 locks |
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Thelwall Ferry | 14 miles and 1½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Thelwall Pumping Station | 14 miles and 3 furlongs | 3 locks |
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Latchford Locks | 15 miles | 3 locks |
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Latchford Viaduct | 15 miles and 2 furlongs | 4 locks |
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Knutsford Road Swing Bridge | 15 miles and 4½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Latchford High Level Bridge | 15 miles and 7 furlongs | 4 locks |
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Northwich Road Swing Bridge | 16 miles and 4½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Walton Junction Junction of Manchester Ship Canal Main Line and Walton Lock Branch |
17 miles | 4 locks |
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Chester Road Swing Bridge | 17 miles and 1½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Acton Grange Railway Viaduct | 18 miles and 1½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Acton Grange Wharf | 18 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Moore Lane Swing Bridge | 18 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Moore Lane Lay-by | 19 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Randles Sluices | 20 miles and 6½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Stone Delph | 20 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Astmoor Wharf ICI (Chemicals and Met.) |
22 miles and ¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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ICI (General Chemicals) Wharf | 22 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Old Quay Swing Bridge | 23 miles and ¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Old Quay Lock Entrance to Runcorn Old Quay |
23 miles and 3½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Widnes Bridge | 23 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Runcorn Railway Bridge | 23 miles and 7 furlongs | 4 locks |
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Bridgewater Canal Junction (closed) | 24 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Runcorn Docks | 24 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Runcorn Lay-by | 24 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Weston Point Salt Works (ICI) | 24 miles and 7 furlongs | 4 locks |
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Delamere Dock Entrance Entrance to Weaver Navigation |
24 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Weston Point Docks | 25 miles | 4 locks |
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Weston Mersey Junction with River Mersey |
25 miles and 1 furlong | 4 locks |
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Weaver Sluices | 25 miles and 7 furlongs | 4 locks |
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Weaver Mouth Junctions with River Weaver and River Weaver - Old Navigation Line |
26 miles and 1 furlong | 4 locks |
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Frodsham Pumping Stage | 27 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Holpool Gutter | 28 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Ince Wharf | 29 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Ince Tying-up Berth | 30 miles and 6½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Ince Oil Berth | 30 miles and 7½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Ince Coaster Berth | 31 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Stanlow Oil Docks Turning point and Stanlow Lay-by |
31 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Esso Barge Wharf | 31 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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ICI (Dyestuffs) Wharf | 32 miles and ¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Associated Ethyl Wharf | 32 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Stanlow Wharf | 32 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Stuart Wharf | 32 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Ellesmere Port Grain Warehouse | 32 miles and 5½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Ellesmere Port Junction Junction of Shropshire Union and Manchester Ship Canals |
33 miles and 1 furlong | 4 locks |
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Pool Hall Wharf | 33 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Bowaters UK Paper Mills | 34 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Hooton Wharf | 34 miles and 6½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Bankfield Wharf | 35 miles and 5 furlongs | 4 locks |
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Eastham Locks Junction with River Mersey |
36 miles and ¼ furlongs | 4 locks |