Piccadilly Bridge, Manchester carries a footpath over the Rochdale Canal half a mile from Lisburn.
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.

This is a pinch point. The normal maximum dimensions for a boat on this waterway are 71 feet and 11 inches long, 13 feet and 2 inches wide, 6 feet and 4 inches high and 4 feet and 5 inches deep, but to pass through here the maximum dimensions are 12 feet wide.
There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Chorlton Street Lock No 86 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Minshull Street Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| UMIST Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Aytoun Street Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Piccadilly Lock No 85 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Piccadilly Bridge, Manchester | ||
| Dale Street Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Dale Street Lock No 84 | ½ furlongs | |
| Ducie Street Junction | 1 furlong | |
| Vantage Quay Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Merchant's Wharf | 1½ furlongs | |
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![Sylvester and Tweety. Looney Tunes characters outside 111 Piccadilly on the corner of Ducie Street.For a closer view see [[6884577]]. by Gerald England – 13 July 2021](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/89/87/6898796_e5596943_120x120.jpg)










![Smoak Bar & Grill. Looking across Piccadilly from Station Approach towards the Malmaison boutique hotel which opened in 1998 having converted the Joshua Hoyle building which had been idle and decaying since the 70s. Designed by Charles Heathcote in 1904 as a cotton spinners warehouse [[3546496]] it has been used as a doll's hospital and as the Imperial Hotel. by Gerald England – 08 July 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/54/64/3546491_020da4f3_120x120.jpg)



![Lock #85. Lock #85 on the Rochdale Canal is in a tunnel under Piccadilly. The graffiti [[3167762]] that was on the walls [[3167738]] a year ago [[3167807]] has since been removed. by Gerald England – 12 July 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/55/79/3557935_ea5b24b9_120x120.jpg)






