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From the Mersey,the canal now begins with the new Liverpool link through the Docks area,recently completed and opened.From Stanley Docks the canal rises sharply up 4 big locks,turning behind Bootle,Litherland and Aintree.In it's heyday this part of the canal was once VERY busy ,but in 2007 was in quite a derelict state prior to the new Dockland link improvements.
Hooking round to Melling, Maghull,and Lydiate.Then winding on to Haskayne,Scarisbrick and eastwards towards the busy junction at Junction Bridge,Lathom,near Burscough.Here the Rufford branch to Tarleton leads off northwards,locking down towards the Douglas tidal lock at Tarleton.Eastwards from Lathom,the main canal picks up the line of the original Douglas Navigation via Parbold,Gathurst and Crooke towards Wigan and on towards Leeds.
A big thankyou to Joe Neary,exacta2a on Flickr for allowing me to use his superb photos of the link section,he holds copyright to them C2009 exacta2a.See his album on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/exacta2a/sets/72157607249994929/
HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR VISIT ! please click"FOLLOW" on page to see next in series of Waterway features. catch you again I hope ! Barry Clare
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