Barnsley Canal
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barnsley-canal-186-2711709
title:
Barnsley Canal
text:
The Barnsley Canal is a canal that ran from Barnby Basin, through Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, to a junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. It was built in the 1790s, to provide a transport link from coal reserves at Barnsley to a wider market. Both the Aire and Calder Navigation and the River Don Navigation took a keen interest in the project, the former buying many of the initial shares, and the latter constructing the Dearne and Dove Canal to link t
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Canal that ran from Barnby Basin, through Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnsley_Canal
date created:
2003-09-13T22:38:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T00:13:11Z
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image:
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13
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