LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL - W.3 - Lathom Junction Bridge to WIGAN Top Lock

This section running Eastwards from Burscough Junction was originally the course of the River Douglas in most part;a river made navigable by modifying the original channel and adding locks.This was done on a budget and not very well so was soon troubled by silting up.Because Wigan produced so much coal,the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co built a better canal alongside and around most of it adapting and using some of the river locks to handle the busy traffic and conserve water,as the Douglas's original source is reservoir overflow and much water was used by industry so the navigation could run short.A branch runs off from Wigan to Leigh meeting the Bridgewater Canal,then the main line climbs the 21 (exhausting) locks up to meet the Lancaster South end pound at top lock,near Bark Hill.

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