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Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Sheffield Canal)

The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Sheffield Canal) is a broad canal and is part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. It runs for 7 miles and ¼ furlongs through 18 locks from Rawmarsh Road Bridge (where it joins the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Main Line)) to Sheffield Terminal Warehouse (which is a dead end).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 61 feet and 6 inches long and 15 feet and 6 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Notable features of the waterway include: Tinsley Locks - Upper Flight, Tinsley Locks - Lower Flight and Darnall Road Aqueduct

Rawmarsh Road Bridge
Rawmarsh Road Winding Hole	½ furlongs	0 locks
Northfield Road Pipe Bridges	2½ furlongs	0 locks
Greasbrough Road Pipe Bridge	3¾ furlongs	0 locks
Greasbrough Road Bridge	4 furlongs	0 locks
Centenary Way (North) Bridge	5 furlongs	0 locks
Bridge Street Bridge (Rotherham)	5¾ furlongs	0 locks
Bridge Street Pipe Bridges	5¾ furlongs	0 locks
Central Road Winding Hole	6½ furlongs	0 locks
Rotherham Lock No 4	6¾ furlongs	0 locks
Main Street Junction Weir Entrance, no access beyond bridge	7½ furlongs	1 lock
Main Street Bridge	7¾ furlongs	1 lock
Rotherham Junction River Rother Junction	1 mile and 1¼ furlongs	1 lock
Centenary Way (South) Bridge	1 mile and 2½ furlongs	1 lock
Ickles Lock Railway Bridge No 3	1 mile and 3¾ furlongs	1 lock
Millmoor Lane Bridge With Pipe Bridge alongside	1 mile and 4 furlongs	1 lock
Ickles Lock No 3	1 mile and 4 furlongs	1 lock
Ickles Lock Railway Bridge No 2	1 mile and 5½ furlongs	2 locks
Ickles Lock Railway Bridge No 1 (disused)	1 mile and 5¾ furlongs	2 locks
Steel Street Bridge	2 miles and ¾ furlongs	2 locks
Holmes Lock No 2 Holmes Bridge	2 miles and ¾ furlongs	2 locks
Meadow Bank Road Pipe Bridge	2 miles and 2¾ furlongs	3 locks
Jordan Lock No 1	2 miles and 4¾ furlongs	3 locks
Tinsley Aqueduct	2 miles and 5½ furlongs	4 locks
Tinsley Weir Entrance No Access	2 miles and 5¾ furlongs	4 locks
Tinsley Sewage Works Bridge	2 miles and 6½ furlongs	4 locks
Tinsley Sewage Works Pipe Bridges	3 miles	4 locks
Tinsley Lower Flight Railway Bridge Railway Designation Wme-13	3 miles and ½ furlongs	4 locks
Tinsley Lower Flight Weir Exit Halfpenny Bridge carrying the towpath over the River Don	3 miles and 1¼ furlongs	4 locks
Tinsley Bottom Lock (Lower Flight) No 11 Start of River Don Section	3 miles and 1½ furlongs	4 locks
Tinsley Lock (Lower Flight) No 10	3 miles and 2 furlongs	6 locks
Wharf Road Bridge	3 miles and 2¾ furlongs	7 locks
Tinsley Top Lock (Lower Flight) No 9 Nos 9 to 11 in Lower Flight	3 miles and 3 furlongs	8 locks
Tinsley Sheffield Road Pipe Bridge	3 miles and 3½ furlongs	9 locks
Tinsley Motorway Bridge Double deck viaduct	3 miles and 4 furlongs	9 locks
Sheffield Road Bridge	3 miles and 4¾ furlongs	9 locks
Turnpike Lock No 8 Sheffield Road Bridge	3 miles and 5 furlongs	9 locks
Tinsley Pipe Bridges	3 miles and 6 furlongs	10 locks
Shepcote Lane Railway Bridge Railway Designation Sel-1	3 miles and 7½ furlongs	10 locks
Tinsley Bottom Lock (Upper Flight) No 7	3 miles and 7¾ furlongs	10 locks
Tinsley Railway Bridge (disused) Probably originally a rail access to Tinsley steel works, before Meadowhall shopping centre was built	3 miles and 7¾ furlongs	11 locks
Factory Access Bridge	3 miles and 7¾ furlongs	11 locks
Tinsley Lock (Upper Flight) No 6	4 miles and ¼ furlongs	11 locks
Tinsley Lock (Upper Flight) No 5	4 miles and ¾ furlongs	13 locks
Tinsley Lock (Upper Flight) No 4	4 miles and 1¼ furlongs	14 locks
Tinsley Railway Bridge Railway Designation Blj-2	4 miles and 1½ furlongs	15 locks
Tinsley Lock (Upper Flight) No 3 There is a footbridge and pipe bridge over the lock	4 miles and 1¾ furlongs	15 locks
Tinsley Lock (Upper Flight) No 2	4 miles and 2¼ furlongs	16 locks
BW Moorings	4 miles and 2½ furlongs	17 locks
Tinsley Top Lock (Upper Flight) No 1 Locks Nos 2 to 7 in upper flight	4 miles and 2¾ furlongs	17 locks
Ranskill Court Narrows	4 miles and 4½ furlongs	18 locks
Greenland Road Bridge No 12	4 miles and 5¾ furlongs	18 locks
Greenland Road Narrows	4 miles and 6 furlongs	18 locks
Greenland Road Pedestrian Bridge	4 miles and 6¼ furlongs	18 locks
Coleridge Road Bridge No 11	5 miles and ¼ furlongs	18 locks
Brown Bayley Bridge No 10A	5 miles and 1 furlong	18 locks
Moorings by Don Valley Stadium	5 miles and 1½ furlongs	18 locks
Darnall Road Aqueduct (northern end)	5 miles and 2¾ furlongs	18 locks
Darnall Road Aqueduct (southern end)	5 miles and 3 furlongs	18 locks
Attercliffe Railway Bridge	5 miles and 3½ furlongs	18 locks
Shirland Road Bridge No 9	5 miles and 4¼ furlongs	18 locks
Shirland Road Footbridge No 9 An old footbridge now closed	5 miles and 4¼ furlongs	18 locks
Attercliffe Pedestrian Bridge	5 miles and 5¼ furlongs	18 locks
Tramway Bridge	5 miles and 5¾ furlongs	18 locks
Staniforth Road Bridge No 7	5 miles and 6 furlongs	18 locks
Staniforth Factory Footbridge	5 miles and 6½ furlongs	18 locks
Bacon Lane Bridge No 6	6 miles and ½ furlongs	18 locks
Bernard Road Bridge No 5	6 miles and 3½ furlongs	18 locks
Railway Bridge No 4	6 miles and 4¾ furlongs	18 locks
Cadman Road Bridge No 3 With Pipe Bridge alongside	6 miles and 5½ furlongs	18 locks
Wicker Viaduct Bridge No 2	6 miles and 6¼ furlongs	18 locks
A61 Road Bridge	6 miles and 6½ furlongs	18 locks
Victoria Quays Swing Bridge	6 miles and 7¼ furlongs	18 locks
Victoria Quays	7 miles	18 locks
Straddle Warehouse	7 miles	18 locks
Sheffield Terminal Warehouse	7 miles and ¼ furlongs	18 locks