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Carlisle Canal
The Carlisle Canal was an 11¼ mile long waterway built from 1819-1823, to connect Carlisle to the Solway Firth at Port Carlisle. It was built to provide Carlisle with sea access for trade with Ireland, Scotland, and Liverpool. The canal company was created by Act of Parliament; the Carlisle Canal Act 1819 (59 Geo. 3. c. xiii), passed in April 1819. The completed canal included a sea lock, basins, and seven other locks, accommodating vessels up to 100 tons. The canal was officially opened, with a grand parade of boats, on the 12th March, 1823.
However, the canal was relatively short-lived because of the advent of the railway. The canal closed in 1853, to be replaced by the Port Carlisle Railway. The railway used much of the canal's route. The filled canal bed is now a public footpath, with old bridges and other structures still visible, after the railway branch closed. It appears on OS maps as a dismantled railway. The Hadrian's Way Path follows the footpath for some of its route.
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Old milemarker from the Carlisle Canal, in Tullie House Museum.
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Down freight on Waverley Route crossing WCML at Kingmoor, Carlisle
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Port Carlisle
- Overview Map Street View Port Carlisle is a coastal village on the Solway Firth in Cumbria, located about 1 mile east of Bowness-on-Solway and 10 miles north-west of Carlisle. It …
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Canal Aqueduct, west of Boustead Hill
- Overview Map Street View This old red brick bridge, west of Boustead Hill by the Solway Firth, was originally an aqueduct for the Carlisle Canal, built 1819-1823. It has two …
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Glasson Bridge
- Overview Map Street View The bridge in Glasson was originally built to carry the road over the Carlisle Canal, which was built 1819-1823. After the canal closed and was replaced …
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Old milemarker from the Carlisle Canal, in Tullie House Museum.
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Down freight on Waverley Route crossing WCML at Kingmoor, Carlisle
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Port Carlisle
- Overview Map Street View Port Carlisle is a coastal village on the Solway Firth in Cumbria, located about 1 mile east of Bowness-on-Solway and 10 miles north-west of Carlisle. It …
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Canal Aqueduct, west of Boustead Hill
- Overview Map Street View This old red brick bridge, west of Boustead Hill by the Solway Firth, was originally an aqueduct for the Carlisle Canal, built 1819-1823. It has two …
