Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (New Junction Canal)
The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (New Junction Canal) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation.
It runs for 5 miles and 4 furlongs through 1 lock from Sykehouse Junction (where it joins the Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford)) to Bramwith Junction (where it joins the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Main Line) and the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (Bramwith to Stainforth)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 215 feet long and 22 feet and 6 inches wide. The maximum headroom is 16 feet. The maximum draught is 6 feet and 7 inches.
Notable features of the waterway include Bramwith Aqueduct and Went Aqueduct
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 15M - Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigations Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Sykehouse Junction Junction of Aire and Calder (Main Line) and Sheffield and South Yorkshire New Junction Canal |
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| Went Aqueduct (northern end) | 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Went Aqueduct (southern end) | 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Went End Footbridge No 8 | 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sykehouse Lift Bridge Sykehouse village is about a mile to the east. |
7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Kirk Lane Swing Bridge | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sykehouse Lock You must operate the swing bridge in the middle first before you can operate the Lock. |
1 mile and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Smallhedge Swing Bridge | 2 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Site of Westfield Swing Bridge | 3 miles and ¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Kirkhouse Green Lift Bridge | 3 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Top Lane Lift Bridge | 4 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Low Lane Swing Bridge Kirk Bramwith |
4 miles and 5½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Low Lane Aqueduct | 4 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Chequer Lane Aqueduct No 2 | 4 miles and 7½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Chequer Lane Aqueduct No 1 | 4 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Bramwith Aqueduct (nothern end) (Bramwith Aqueduct closed when the River Don is in flood underneath ) |
5 miles and 1 furlong | 1 lock | |
| Bramwith Aqueduct (southern end) (Bramwith Aqueduct closed when the River Don is in flood underneath) |
5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Bramwith Junction Junction of Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation main line with New Junction Canal |
5 miles and 4 furlongs | 1 lock |
- S&SY navigation info — associated with Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
- Sheffield & South Yorkshire navigation info from IWA
Wikipedia has a page about Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (S&SY) is a system of navigable inland waterways (canals and canalised rivers) in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England.
Chiefly based on the River Don, it runs for a length of 43 miles (69 km) and has 27 locks. It connects Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster with the River Trent at Keadby and (via the New Junction Canal) the Aire and Calder Navigation.
The system consisted of five parts, four of which are still open to navigation today:-
- The River Don Navigation
- The Sheffield Canal (effectively abandoned in the early 1970s but revitalised since the 1990s)
- The Stainforth and Keadby Canal
- The New Junction Canal
- The Dearne and Dove Canal (closed 1961)
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