Great Ancoats Street Bridge No 89 is an notable flight of locks on the Rochdale Canal three miles from Plymouth.
Early plans of what would become the Rochdale Canal were drawn up by George Wright in 1888 but problems with Brench Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Leeds. Expectations for coal traffic to Oldpool were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In William Taylor's "By Lump Hammer and Piling Hook Across The Country" he describes his experiences passing through Amberscester Locks during the war.

There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Vantage Quay Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Merchant's Wharf | 1 furlong | |
| Tariff Street Bridge No 91 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Ancoats Lower Lock No 83 | ½ furlongs | |
| Leech Street Footbridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Great Ancoats Street Bridge No 89 | ||
| Ancoats Upper Lock No 82 | a few yards | |
| Kitty Footbridge | ½ furlongs | |
| New Islington Footbridge (west) | 1 furlong | |
| New Islington Marina Entrance | 1¼ furlongs | |
| New Islington Footbridge (east) | 1¼ furlongs | |
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![Under Great Ancoats Street. Immediately as the Rochdale Canal emerges under Great Ancoats Street it meets Lock 82 [[1511735]]. by Gerald England – 28 September 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/51/17/1511712_acef1de9_120x120.jpg)








![Seats by a Rochdale Canal lock. These unusual looking seats are by the lock near Great Ancoats Street. The building in the background is a Curry's store, but it looks as if it may have been something quite different in the past.[[2274957]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 May 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/27/49/2274982_a99d7d2b_120x120.jpg)
![Lock on the Rochdale Canal by Great Ancoats Street. The canal has been open again throughout its whole 33 mile length since July 2002. In theory this lock and the others in Manchester never closed, although in years past there were many factors that made passing along here a bit of an endurance test.[[2274912]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 May 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/27/49/2274957_ed9305bf_120x120.jpg)


![A little house by the canal. Underneath Great Ancoats Street bridge by the side of the Rochdale Canal.A closer view: [[7713049]]. Much construction work is taking place in the background. by Gerald England – 19 February 2024](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/71/29/7712983_de9a6323_120x120.jpg)

![A little house by the canal. Underneath Great Ancoats Street bridge by the side of the Rochdale Canal.A wider view: [[7712983]]. by Gerald England – 19 February 2024](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/71/30/7713049_cb0428ad_120x120.jpg)





