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	Aire and Calder Navigation Encyclopedia @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The New Junction Canal links the Aire and Calder with the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigations which lead to sheffield, and ultimatley the tidal River Trent.
		The Aire and Calder is one of the last commercial waterways to be found in Britain.
		In the '80s the navigation underwent a huge scheme of modernisation in which, all the locks were moderised and enlarged so the could facilitate the new 600 tonne barge standard.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Aire_and_Calder_Navigation (465 words)

	AIM25: Senate House Library, University of London: Aire and Calder Navigation
		The Aire and Calder navigation Company had been in dispute with Knottingley for several years, due to the use of water by the mill which led to low water levels in the navigation.
		Eventually in 1772, the navigation purchased outright Knottingley Mills and a new weir was constructed.
		Memorandum of a meeting held on Monday, 30 December, 1771, at Bluits Inn, York, under the chairmanship of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount Irwin, held to oppose the plans of the Aire and Calder Navigation to alter the route of the navigation by Act of Parliament.
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/14/1227.htm (677 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: River Calder
		It is also part of the Aire and Calder Navigation, and to the east of Castleford, it merges into the River Aire.
		At Wakefield Wakefield is a city in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Leeds, and by the River Calder.
		It is also part of the Aire and Calder Navigation The Aire and Calder Navigation is a river and canal system of the River Aire and the River Calder in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/River-Calder (482 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: River Aire
		Part of the river is canalised and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation.
		Part of the river is canalised and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation The Aire and Calder Navigation is a river and canal system of the River Aire and the River Calder in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
		It is situated at the mouth of the River Aire with the River Ouse, approximately 2 miles North West of Goole.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/River-Aire (285 words)

	River Calder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The River Calder is a river in West Yorkshire, England, and gives its name to the borough of Calderdale.
		At many places, the river is not navigable because of weirs or the shallow depth, and passage for boats is made by the creation of cuts where boats are able to enter the Calder and Hebble Navigation.
		It is also part of the Aire and Calder Navigation, and to the east of Castleford, it merges into the River Aire, going on to join the River Humber and the North Sea.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Calder (182 words)

	History by Waterway from Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		He reports that he has aimed "to procure the essential of a navigation, the means of keeping vessels always afloat" and proposed improvements that would give 3 ft 6 in to ft of water, to take craft carrying 30 to 45 tons.
		He told shareholders "On the Navigation of the general Line of the Rivers, I think I may be permitted to say, it improves every Year, and is at present better than at any former time".
		His proposals were accepted for a cut from the Calder above Kirkthorpe lock, crossing the river at Stanley Ferry on a six-pier aqueduct with an iron trough and overhead trusses, then south to Fairies Hill and three new cuts reducing the distance to Castleford.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/History1.html (2699 words)

	The History and Origins of Knottingley and Ferrybridge
		However, in 1699 the Aire and Calder Navigation Act was passed which at the time was an historic measure as it was the first navigation scheme passed by an Act of Parliament.
		Under this act the Aire and Calder Navigation opened the river upstream as far as Leeds for the passage of small barges and the importance of Knottingley as an inland port disappeared.
		As a modification to the Aire and Calder Navigation a new canal was authorised in 1820 running through the centre of Knottingley within a deep cutting in the limestone.
	www.knottingley.org /history/local_history.htm (1757 words)

	William Hamond Bartholomew
		He became engineer to the Navigation at the age of 22 when the Navigation was in it's halcyon days and generating dividends of up to 150% annually to it's shareholders and continued in the post until 1895.
		During his term as engineer, William oversaw the complete rebuilding of the Navigation with all the locks being lengthened to cope with the increased tonnages that were being carried along it.
		The success of the navigation had shown the short-sightedness of it's original design which had not foreseen the demands that would be made upon it.
	www.knottingley.org /history/people/william_bartholomew.htm (551 words)

	Waterways Guides - Nicholson
		River Avon, Birmingham Canal Navigations, Droitwich Barge and Droitwich Junction Canal, Gloucester and Sharpness Canal and the River Severn, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Stourbridge and Dudley Canals, Stratford-on-Avon Canal, Worcester and Birmingham Canal.
		Aire and Calder Navigation, Bridgewater Canal, Calder and Hebble Navigation, Huddersfield Broad Canal, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Lancaster Canal, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Macclesfield Canal, Peak Forest and Ashton Canals, Rochdale Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal.
		Aire and Calder Navigation, Chesterfield Canal, River Derwent, Fossdyke and Witham Navigations, Ripon Canal, River Ure and River Ouse, Pocklington Canal, Selby Canal, Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, River Trent.
	www.waterwaysguides.co.uk /nicholson.htm (374 words)

	Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Waterways Museum (The Sobriety Project a charity) : The Yorkshire Waterways Museum collection opened at the Sobriety Project in 1987 and was based on the story of the Aire and Calder Navigation and the creation of the Port of Goole.
		CH106 (Aire & Calder Navigation) 40 minutes approx., Produced by IA Recordings On a hot summer day in August 1997, the Cawoods Hargreaves push tug CH106 takes full 170 tonne compartment boats to Ferrybridge C power station where they are marshalled, lifted 12m by the gigantic boat hoist and coal tipped into hoppers.
		Goole Boathouse : Located in a basin beside the Aire and Calder Canal which was formerly used for storage of timber.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Aire-and-Calder-Navigation-and-River-Aire.html (2240 words)

	Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Leeds end of the canal runs into the Aire and Calder Navigation.
		While the Aire and Calder Navigation improved links to the east for Leeds, links to the west were limited to primitive and unreliable road transport.
		Inspired by the effectiveness of the wholly-artificial navigation, the Bridgewater Canal opened in 1759-1760, a canal across the Pennines linking Liverpool and Hull (by means of the Aire and Calder Navigation) had obvious trade benefits.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal (800 words)

	Gongoozler - January 2003
		The river is the navigable Calder, the Wakefield Section of the Aire and Calder Navigation and the lock, Heath Lock, is the entrance to the Barnsley Canal.
		It would then travel possibly to a canalside power station, mill or even a domestic coal merchant as far as Skipton and if it were lucky could bring back a load of limestone, but this is unlikely.
		The Aire and Calder finished with a short section of canal the entrance lock which is on the other side of the river taking the navigation into the town.
	www.gongoozler.org /gongoozler/backissues/jan_2003/10.htm (702 words)

	Other Transport
		The Aire and Calder Navigation Act was passed in 1698, which allowed Wakefield, Leeds and Hull to be linked by a system of navigable rivers and canals and this waterway was opened in 1700.
		The Calder and Hebble Navigation Act, which provided for extending the navigation of the River Calder to Sowerby Bridge was passed in 1755.
		According to an article by the Calder Navigation Society that I once read, the original Mirfield Cut was only about 200 yards long and merely provided a bypass for the weir at Newgate.
	www.mirfieldmemories.co.uk /other_transport.htm (823 words)

	River Aire UK - Reviewed Websites
		The tarn is the source of the River Aire.
		The River Aire Footbridge is the first river crossing to be built...
		the 22.5 miles of link between the Aire and Calder and River Ouse was once the main route from...
	www.chillisearch.co.uk /r/i/river_aire (278 words)

	Goole on the Web - A port is born (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The story of the port starts in effect in 1698 when a body of men from Leeds and Wakefield were authorised by an act of Parliament to make navigable the rivers Aire and Calder in the County of York.
		The development of the two Yorkshire rivers progressed steadily and in 1774 the Undertakers were granted further powers to link the River Aire to the River Ouse at Selby by a canal.
		Trade had been won from Selby and Thorne and the Undertakers of the Aire and Calder Navigation had provided a paddle driven tug, the 'Britannia', to tow sailing ships between Goole and the Humber Estuary and vice versa.
	www.goole-on-the-web.org.uk /main.php?page=guide76 (630 words)

	Aire - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Aire
		Early in its course, the Aire flows east through the Aire Gap.
		The Aire and Calder Navigation is a system of rivers and canals;; its chief branches are from Goole to Leeds, and from Castleford to Wakefield.
		Vinrace possessed ten ships, regularly plying between London and Buenos Aires, not one of them was bidden to investigate the great white monsters of the lower waters.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Aire (206 words)

	navigation act -- navigation act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Air Navigation Act 1920 Act No. 50 of 1920 as amended This compilation was prepared on 24 July 2001 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 55 of 2001 The text of any of those amendments not in...
		Encyclopedia Entry for 1651 navigation act Dictionary Definition of 1651 navigation act The Navigation Act of 1651 was one of a series of Navigation Acts passed by the English parliament.
		The Air Navigation Act 1920 gave the Secretary of State for Air power to make regulations for the investigation of civil air accidents and the first regulations made for this purpose were the Air...
	www.ditact.com /navigationact (3702 words)

	IWA Individual Waterways - Selby Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		There are four locks along this 11.75 mile section of the Aire and Calder Navigation.
		The Selby Canal was built in the 1770s when the Aire and Calder Canal Company became aware of rumours that a canal was to be constructed between Leeds and Selby, which would have taken traffic from the Aire and Calder.
		The canal was cut from Haddesley to Selby as the lower reached of the River Aire were difficult to navigate and this was the cheapest option.
	www.waterways.org.uk /ind_waterways/selby/index.htm (153 words)

	Castleford - 1698 - The Aire and Calder Navigation Co. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Castleford - 1698 - The Aire and Calder Navigation Co.
		Although the Aire and Calder Navigation Company commenced trading in 1698 it was not until 1826 that the canal joining the two was completed.
		Originally the local office was in Allerton Bywater but in the 1840's it was moved to the Castleford Lock entrance.
	www.castleford.org /history/cas011.html (112 words)

	Banks Hire Boats - for quality boating on Yorkshire's waterways
		Sowerby Bridge is the head of the Calder and Hebble Navigation on the eastern side of the Pennines.
		Besides the Calder and Hebble, the cruise includes the Dewbury and Halifax arms of the canal and the Huddersfield Broad Canal, in addition to the Selby Canal and the Western part of the Aire and Calder.
		The River Derwent is navigable to Stamford bridge, scene of one of the greatest battles in England.
	www.banks-hire-boats.co.uk /routes.html (657 words)

	Calder & Hebble/Aire & Calder - Part 1. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		April 1993 with a 6 mile trip from Brighouse to Sowerby Bridge and the upper terminus of the Calder and Hebble Navigation.
		After the locks we took a sharp right into Salterhebble Basin; this is all that remains of the Halifax Canal although I understand you can still walk the towing path into town; we didn't do it.
		That evening we joined the South Pennine Boat Club members for dinner at the Navigation Inn; I highly recommend this pub but the walk back to the boat in the dark along the narrow muddy path was a bit tricky.
	pages.prodigy.net /brinnand/ramblings/cruise1a.htm (695 words)

	The Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 1994
		The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made.
		A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 1994, ISBN 0110438175.
		The Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1992 confers certain rights with associated liabilities on the British Coal Corporation in respect of the St. Aidan's Remainder Site.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1994/Uksi_19943065_en_1.htm (765 words)

	Twixt Aire and Calder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Castleford is also famous for its historic and modern industries producing quality glass, malt, confectionery, chemicals and pottery products and it is home to the world's largest stone grinding flourmill.
		Situated at the confluence of the Rivers Aire and Calder, Castleford is well connected in terms of river transportation to the Aire and Calder navigation.
		Castleford borough received its charter in 1955 and was incorporated in to the Wakefield Metropolitan District in 1974.
	www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk /HeritageTrails/ImagesofWakefieldandDistrict/castleford.htm (142 words)

	BOPCRIS Subject Listing for Transport - Waterways-Rivers and Canals 1688-1800
		Petition of landowners and undertakers of the navigation
		Dagenham Breach and its effect on the navigation of the Thames.
		For making a navigable canal from Leeds to Liverpool and canal navigation to the river Ouse in the county of York.
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bop1688/browse/7_1.html (225 words)

	Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1992
		And whereas the opencast site lies near to the river Aire and to the Aire and Calder Navigation of the British Waterways Board, which is one of the commercial waterways of the Board within the meaning of Part VII of the [1968 c. 73.] Transport Act 1968:
		And whereas it is expedient to remedy the situation and to provide for the future use of the lands affected by reconstructing the course of the river Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation, pumping out the void on the opencast site, completion of opencast operations at the site and its landscaping reinstatement:
		This Act may be cited as the Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1992.
	www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk /acts/locact92/Ukla_19920004_en_2.htm (734 words)

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