THE DOUGLAS NAVIGATION,Lancashire UK

The RIVER DOUGLAS NAVIGATION from Ribble estuary to Leeds & Liverpool Canal,Tarleton



The tidal Douglas Navigation as we know it today runs from the sea lock of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Tarleton downstream past Hesketh Bank to meet the Ribble Navigation at Asland Lamp.It has become more important recently since the opening of the Ribble Link(Savick Navigation)connectin

g also to the Ribble Navigation by locking up to the south end of the Lancaster Canal pound running from Preston to Tewitfield-thus linking these two canals together.The Lancaster was previously isolated because the Preston aqueduct was never completed linking Preston Basin with Walton Summit.So now many canal craft have been uprating their equipment and venturing into tidal waters from Tarleton to Preston Dock Marina and the Ribble Link.In yesteryear the Douglas Navigation ran all the way from"Old King Coal" WIGAN via several locks,but became silted quickly and the Leeds & Liverpool was built beside and round it.The Brickworks at Hesketh Bank created much traffic historically too for the Douglas.

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