Macclesfield Canal
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macclesfield-canal-224-2068739
title:
Macclesfield Canal
text:
The Macclesfield Canal is a canal in east Cheshire, England. There were various proposals for a canal to connect the town of Macclesfield to the national network from 1765 onwards, but it was not until 1824 that a scheme came to fruition. There were already suggestions by that date that a railway would be better, but the committee that had been formed elected for a canal and the engineer Thomas Telford endorsed the decision. The canal as built was a typical Telford canal, constructed using cut a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Canal in Cheshire, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macclesfield_Canal
date created:
2005-05-25T20:25:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T08:51:47Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Macc_canal_near_congleton.jpg","width":1936,"height":2592}
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13
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