A Narrowboat To The Worsley Mines Along the Bridgewater Canal
In this video we take a Narrowboat along the Bridgewater canal to the Mines at Worsley. Worsley Delph to be precise. This is a fantastic narrowboat experience. A friend of mine took me on his canal boat to a place I find fascinating at the moment. Currently being obsessed with all mining activities in the Irwell valley in Manchester and Salford this was a real pilgrimage for me. The Duke of Bridgewater built the Bridgewater canal to take coal from his mines at Worsley into Manchester city centre where there was a real hunger for coal to fuel the Industrial revolution. He employed the skills of the famous civil engineer James Brindley. Brindley built the Barton Aqueduct in the 18th Century which was later demolished and made way for the Barton Swing Aqueduct a first of its kind. We travel over the Barton Swing aqueduct on our journey. At the mine entrances we see Worsley Delph and the thick toxic Ochre mud that stains the Bridgewater canal. We read some harrowing accounts of child labour. this was a fascinating journey and a tale of early coal mining in the 18th century. This turns into a great Urbex, Urban exploration.
Bridgewater Canal at Worsley, Manchester
A short trip down the Bridgewater Canal at Worsley Manchester in June 2011
Places to see in ( Worsley - UK )
Places to see in ( Worsley - UK )
Worsley is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. A profile of the electoral ward Worsley conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a population of 10,090. It lies along the course of Worsley Brook, 5.75 miles (9.25 km) west of Manchester. The M60 motorway bisects the area.
Historically part of Lancashire, Worsley has provided evidence of Roman and Anglo-Saxon activity, including two Roman roads. The completion in 1761 of the Bridgewater Canal allowed Worsley to expand from a small village of cottage industries to an important town based upon cotton manufacture, iron-working, brick-making and extensive coal mining. Later expansion came after the First and Second World Wars, when large urban estates were built in the region.
Today, Worsley is under consideration to be made a World Heritage Site, including Worsley Delph, a scheduled monument. A significant part of the town's historic centre is now a conservation area. Worsley is first mentioned in a Pipe roll of 1195–96 as Werkesleia, in the claim of a Hugh Putrell to a part of the fee of two knights in nearby Barton-upon-Irwell and Worsley.
Worsley stands about 206 feet (63 m) above sea level. Sheltered at the foot of a middle coal measure running approximately northwest and southeast across the area, the village lies along the course of Worsley Brook, which cuts through the ridge. The ridge also forms part of the northern edge of the Irwell Valley.
One of Worsley's early industries was weaving. A cottage industry, cotton would be spun on spinning wheels and hand-operated looms in people's homes to produce cloth. Merchants would then purchase this cloth, selling it at the Bridgewater Hotel, then known as the Old Grapes Inn.
Worsley now has little industry, and is in the main a tourist destination and commuter town. The area has two large hotels; a Novotel and a Marriott. Worsley Old Hall is now a public house and restaurant in the Brunning and Price chain, part of the Restaurant Group
Worsley Village was in 1969 designated as a conservation area by the former Lancashire County Council. Bisected by the A572 Worsley Road, the area covered about 34.25 acres (138,600 m2) of land and included 40 listed buildings, such as the Packet House, a telephone kiosk, and the Delph sluice gates, but this list has since increased to 48 listed buildings.
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Bridgewater Canal - Castlefield Junction & Grocer's Wharf
A short cruise along the Bridgewater Canal from Castlefield Junction to Grocer's Wharf and back, past historic warehouses, lift bridges and to the River Medlock which feeds the canal. As Bill Bryson said Manchester doesn't seem to have a very clear image of itself. 'Shaping Tomorrow's City Today' is the official local moto, but in fact Manchester seems decidedly of two minds about its place in the world. At Castlefield, they were busy creating yesterday's city today, cleaning up the old brick viaducts and warehouses, recobbling the quaysides, putting fresh coats of glossy paint on the old arched footbridges and scattering about a generous assortment of old-fashioned benches, bollards and lampposts. By the time they have finished, you will be able to see exactly what life was like in nineteenth century Manchester - or at least what it would be like if they had wine-bars, and cast-iron litter bins and directional signs for heritage trails and the G-Mex Centre
This movie was made from the final few minutes of the last ever video tape that is still in our possession from our (then) brand new, shiney, $3,000, Sony VX2100 video camera, cut with footage from Camera 2.
We thought Duke's Lock (under Castle Street Bridge and entrance to the Rochdale Canal which is where we were headed) was an ornamental water feature so cruised up and down the Grocer's Wharf arm before finding ourselves heading back the way we had come. Somewhere near the Potato Wharf Arm we turned the boat for a second time and soon found that the camera, tripod and all was no longer aboard. It is missing, presumed dead at the bottom of the Bridgewater Canal.
Why all the cows and armored personnel carriers were adorning the canal side we have no idea. Just as we have no idea why the camera stayed on board after Madaxe's mighty stone crunching twat, we have none as to why it vanished after my subsequent and less violent one.
If anyone happens to be cruising at the top end of the Bridgewater Canal near to the Potato Wharf Arm and dredges up the camera we would be very interested to see the tape labeled Camera 1 -- Tape 014 AND FIND OUT WHO DUNNIT!
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The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. The Bridgewater Canal was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. The Bridgewater Canal was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh.
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The Bridgewater Canal is connected to the Manchester Ship Canal via a lock at Cornbrook; to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester; to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook, southeast of Runcorn; and to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Leigh. The Bridgewater Canal once connected with the River Mersey at Runcorn but has since been cut off by a slip road to the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
Often considered to be the first true canal in England, The Bridgewater Canal required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the Manchester ship canal , one of the first of its kind. The Bridgewater Canal success helped inspire a period of intense canal building in Britain, known as canal mania. It later faced intense competition from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Macclesfield Canal. Navigable throughout its history, it is one of the few canals in Britain not to have been nationalised, and remains privately owned. Pleasure craft now use the canal which forms part of the Cheshire Ring network of canals.bridewater worsley
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Bridgewater Canal at Monton in the snow
Bridgewater Canal at Monton in the snow
Middlewood in Worsley filmed from Mavic Pro 1080p
Middlewood Scout Camp
Closed 18-12-2016 to make room for RHS Salford Garden. A new site has been provided about 1/4 mile south east of Middlewood. This site is named Hollinwood and will open circa May 2017. Middlewood Scout Camp is situated near the town of Worsley, near the Bridgewater Canal.
Middlewood has a large number of varied size camping pitches, ranging from large sites suitable for district or group events down to small sites suited to patrol camping. The campsite features a modern toilet block with a hot water supply and showers.[78]
Two buildings, Cunliffe Lodge and the Cub Hut are also available. Cunliffe Lodge, the larger building, features a fully equipped kitchen, a main activities/dining hall, three bunkrooms (sleeping 15, 6 and 4), male and female bathrooms and central heating. The Cub Hut features a small kitchen and dining room, a lounge with tables and chairs, two bunkrooms sleeping six and four and a leaders room.[79]
One of Middlewood's main features is the large boating lake, co-leased with Broughton Angling Club. Scouts can use the lake for canoeing, kayaking, rafting and fishing. The site also has a rifle range and a large selection of pioneering poles. The Camp Team run open campfires with songs and campfire stunts on Saturday evenings during camping season.
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Britain's Oldest Canal
The Worsley Delph are Navigable Levels of an extensive series of coal mines in Greater Manchester, England. They were worked largely by the use of underground canals and boats called starvationers.
Worsley to the Trafford centre along the Bridgewater canal
From Worsley to the Trafford Shopping centre via the Bridgewater canal. Featuring the new residential developments being built along the way and witness the decay of our industrial heritage. See the lighthouse at Monton and the Barton High Level Aquaduct as well of views of the M60 Barton Bridge and the Manchester ship canal. The journey concludes with a mini tour of the new Barton Square extension to the Trafford Centre. Decorated with Roman Statues and Guilded fountains of young female nudes the centre is worth a visit to appreciate the scale of the classical decoration of the extension. Filmed with the Pansonic Lumix GH1 and Lumix TZ7 cameras, The stills taken with the Lumix TZ7. Edited ang graded with Canopus Edius 5.2
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Narrowboat Bronze Runner on the Bridgewater Canal at Grappenhall.
Sunshine brought the narrowboats out on the Bridgewater Canal on Sunday 14th of July, here is Bronze Runner sailing through Grappenhall.