Major incident stood down after flooding which saw almost 1,000 evacuated - Fire crews in Manchester attended more than 100 incidents after heavy rain on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

The Bridgewater Canal was built by James Brindley for the ... It has 17 locks and six aqueducts. During the construction of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal a decision was made to link ...

A NEW exhibition exploring the impact of the Bridgewater Canal breaches will open in Lymm ... as it breached in August 1971 near the Bollin Aqueduct. Millions if gallons of water ripped through ...