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River Weaver (Old River)

 
 
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The River Weaver (Old River) is a large river and is part of the River Weaver. It runs for 3 miles and ¾ furlongs from Weaver Mouth (where it joins the River Weaver (Weston Marsh Lock Line) and the Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line)) to Frodsham Lock (where it joins the River Weaver (Frodsham Cut)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Old course of the River Weaver. Navigable to at least Sutton Mill by coasters and further by leisure craft. No longer a through route to the Weaver Navigation since the Frodsham Cut closed in 1955.

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Weaver Mouth
Junction of the River Weaver and Manchester Ship Canal
Weaver Lagoon Bridge 1 mile and 5¼ furlongs 0 locks
Weaver Viaduct (Old River)
M56 motorway
2 miles and 1 furlong 0 locks
Frodsham Viaduct 2 miles and 4 furlongs 0 locks
Sutton Mill 2 miles and 4¼ furlongs 0 locks
Frodsham Bridge
A56 Sutton Causeway
2 miles and 5¼ furlongs 0 locks
Sutton Weir Exit 3 miles and ½ furlongs 0 locks
Frodsham Lock
Derelict
3 miles and ¾ furlongs 0 locks
 
 
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External websites
 Discover the River Weaver Navigation — associated with River Weaver
The Weaver Navigation
 Weaver Viaduct - Wikipedia — associated with Weaver Viaduct (Old River)
 
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The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1720 and the work, which included eleven locks, was completed in 1732. An unusual clause in the enabling Act of Parliament stipulated that profits should be given to the County of Cheshire for the improvement of roads and bridges, but the navigation was not initially profitable, and it was 1775 before the first payments were made. Trade continued to rise, and by 1845, over £500,000 had been given to the county.

The major trade was salt. The arrival of the Trent and Mersey Canal at Anderton in 1773 was detrimental to the salt trade at first, but ultimately beneficial, as salt was tipped down chutes from the canal into barges on the river navigation. Access to the river was improved in 1810 by the Weston Canal, which provided a link to Weston Point, where boats could reach the River Mersey at most states of the tide, as the water was deeper. The navigation was completely reconstructed between 1870 and 1900, with the original locks being replaced by five much larger locks, capable of handling 1000-tonne coasters. With the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal, a new lock was constructed at Weston Marsh, which gave direct access to the ship canal without having to pass through the docks at Weston Point. All water from the river entered the canal nearby, and any surplus was released into the Mersey through the Weaver sluices, which were located just upstream of the junction.

A notable feature is the Anderton Boat Lift, which is near Northwich, and links the Weaver with the Trent and Mersey Canal some 50 feet (15 m) above. It was opened in 1875, to allow canal boats to reach the Weaver, and although closed on safety grounds in 1983, it was refurbished and reopened in 2002. Many of the structures of the navigation are of historical importance, and are grade II listed. They include the Hayhurst swing bridge and Northwich Town bridge, which are believed to be the earliest swing bridges powered by electricity. Both have a sectional pontoon, which is immersed in the river and carries about 80 per cent of the weight of the bridge. Dutton Horse Bridge, which carries the towpath over the weir stream at Dutton, is one of the earliest surviving laminated timber structures. Dutton railway viaduct, which was built by Joseph Locke and George Stephenson for the Grand Junction Railway, is grade II* listed, and a civic celebration was held on its completion, as there had been no deaths and no serious injuries to the workers during its construction.

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[Weaver] Look up weaver in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Weaver or Weavers may refer to: A person who engages in weaving fabric Various birds of the family Ploceidae [Anderton Boat Lift] 50-foot (15.2 m) vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal. The structure is designated as a scheduled [River Weaver Navigation Society] The River Weaver Navigation Society is a waterway society concerned with the River Weaver, from Winsford to its confluence with the Manchester Ship Canal [Winsford] Cheshire, England, on the River Weaver south of Northwich and west of Middlewich. It grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the [List of crossings of the River Weaver] List of crossings of the River Weaver north of Nantwich. Bridges which only access the island between original course and Weaver Navigation are not included [The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl] The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are characters found in Chinese mythology and appear eponymously in a romantic Chinese folk tale. The story tells of the [Weaver Vale (UK Parliament constituency)] existing constituency of Tatton. The constituency took its name from the River Weaver, which flows through the area, and much of the area was part of the former [Frodsham] (45 km) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver runs to its northeast and on the west it overlooks the estuary of the River Mersey. The A56 road and the Chester–Manchester [Northwich] It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane. The town is about 18 miles (29 km) east of Chester, 15 miles
 
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