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	Aqueduct
		The first and largest was the aqueduct at Barton Bridge for conveying the canal across the Irwell, 39 feet above the surface of the water.
		It consisted of three arches, the middle one 63 feet span, and admitting under it the largest barges navigating the Irwell with sails set.
		"At the picturesque, ‘turf and timber’ village of Sebastopol, as the miners called it, at the head of Loch chon, several hundreds of work-people were accommodated.
	www.1902-encyclopedia.com /A/AQU/aqueduct.html (10514 words)

	Manchester Ship Canal (1)
		It was necessary to replace Brindley's historic stone aqueduct, across the Irwell at Barton, with the Barton Swing Aqueduct, which was as pioneering a structure as Brindley's had been in its day.
		In addition to the swing aqueduct, the Ship Canal has seven swing road bridges, four high level road bridges, five high level railway viaducts and five sets of huge locks - Eastham, Latchford, Irlam, Barton and Mode Wheel.
		As the canal would use much of the route of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, the promoters needed to buy it along with the Bridgewater Canal which now owned it.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /manchester/m30.htm (10514 words)

	Barton-upon-Irwell
		The Barton-Upon-Irwell Conservation Area is centred on the famous Barton Swing Aqueduct which was constructed between 1890 and 1894 to replace Brindley’s stone aquaduct of 1761 carrying the Bridgewater Canal across the River Irwell.
		To the north the Bridgewater Canal and Barton Road lead into a pleasant area of late 18th and 19th century brick houses and shops and also the site of the Barton Methodist Chapel.
		It is hoped that the derelict shops at the junction of Barton Road and Peel Green Road will soon be renovated and converted to dwellings.
	www.salford.gov.uk /living/planning/conservation/viewconservation/conbarton.htm (10514 words)

	Barton Swing Aqueduct: Waterscape.com
		The project is intended to link together a number of sites of unique importance including the Barton Swing Aqueduct, the underground canals at Worsley Delph and Astley Green Colliery and its steam winding engine.
		Originally this was the site of the first stone arch aqueduct over the River Irwell, built by James Brindley.
		However, when the River Irwell was canalised to make the Manchester Ship Canal ('Big Ditch'), the aqueduct had to be rebuilt to allow for larger boats to pass underneath.
	www.waterscape.com /servicesdirectory/B/Barton_Swing_Aqueduct.html (10514 words)

	Cities of Science - London - It's All Water Under the Bridge
		Built in 1761 by the self taught engineer James Brindley, the original Barton aqueduct was constructed to carry the Duke of Bridgewater's canal across the River Irwell.
		The original aqueduct was demolished when it was decided the Manchester Ship canal was to use the course of the Irwell at Barton, Eccles, as part of its navigation channel.
		Still in operating on a daily basis, the Barton Swing Aqueduct allows the passage of ships along the Manchester Ship Canal.
	www.citiesofscience.co.uk /go/London/ContentPlace_2350.html (10514 words)

	Salford : Top 5 : Barton Aqueduct
		If Brindley created a sensation when he built an aqueduct over the River Irwell, then imagine the scene in 1894 when the amazing swing aqueduct designed by Sir Edward Leader Williams operated for the first time.
		The Park will run along the Bridgewater Canal Corridor (initially from Barton Aqueduct to Leigh Basin) and eventually be extended all the way from Castlefield to Wigan Pier.
		A further stretch of canal known as Fletchers Canal (after the manager of a nearby colliery) was constructed to run parallel to the River Irwell in the Clifton part of the valley which connects into the MBandB Canal at the Clifton Aqueduct.
	www.visitsalford.co.uk /html/top5/barton.html (10514 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Barry-Bart)
		Barton upon Irwell is a village in Greater Manchester, England.
		Barton Hartshorn is a village in Buckinghamshire, England.
		Barton Waterside is a village in Lincolnshire, England.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /G31BC.HTM (915 words)

	MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL - LoveToKnow Article on MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL
		At Barton, near Manchester, the Bridgewater canal crosses the river Irwell on the first navigable aqueduct constructed in England.
		After the cuttings between the river channels were finished, the end dams were removed, and the rivers Irwell and Mersey were turned into the new channel now forming the upper portion of the ship canal.
		At the river Weaver ten Stoney roller sluices are built, each 30 ft. span, with heavy stone and concrete piers and foundations; at Runcorn, where the river Mersey is narrow, a concrete sea-wall 4300 ft. long was substituted for the embankment.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MANCHESTER_SHIP_CANAL.htm (915 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Barry-Bart)
		Barton upon Irwell is a village in Greater Manchester, England.
		Barton Waterside is a village in Lincolnshire, England.
		Barton Hartshorn is a village in Buckinghamshire, England.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /G31BC.HTM (915 words)

	History of the Bridgewater Canal
		Much of the Mersey and Irwell was incorporated into the Ship Canal but, to enable the much larger vessels to pass below the Bridgewater Canal, the historic landmark of Barton Aqueduct had to be replaced by the present swing aqueduct.
		A westward extension from Worsley, intended to join the Mersey and Irwell Navigation at Hollins Ferry, was abandoned after two miles had been built, when negotiations with the Mersey and Irwell company broke down.
		An important landmark was reached in 1755 when it was decided to create a river navigation for the Sankey Brook, near Warrington, to carry coal from St Helens down to the River Mersey and to Liverpool.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /bridgewater/bri2.htm (915 words)

	EWM Feature: Origins of Local Place names
		Irlam is the ham or homestead on the River Irwell and Barton-on-Irwell is the 'outlying grange' on the Irwell, later the Manchester Ship Canal
		Areas next to rivers give us further place names, such as Strangeways - 'strang + waesce' or 'place subject to strong flooding' - this was true up to the 1950's when an elbow of the Irwell was smoothed out and the banks strengthened.
		But the most famous local river has a Germanic origin: Mersey literally means 'boundary river', dividing the ancient kingdoms of Mercia (a Latin name itself meaning boundary) and Northumbria (kingdom north of the river Humber), and later the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.
	www.manchesteronline.co.uk /ewm/newsletter/ewm405.html (915 words)

	The Duke's Canal
		His first plan was to construct a waterway from his Worsley mines to Barton, thereby getting access to the River Irwell and thence to Manchester.
		However, the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company refused to cooperate and the Duke started considering a cross-country waterway from his colliery to Salford, near Manchester.
		One year later, in March 1759, the Duke successfully obtained an Act of Parliament that authorized the work to begin and in the summer of that year he employed James Brindley as the "Engineer" for the canal.
	pages.prodigy.net /brinnand/ramblings/hist3dc.htm (915 words)

	Barton swing bridge and aqueduct
		The Bridgewater was being carried over the Irwell at this point by the original, three arched stone aqueduct built by James Brindley in 1761 which had been designed to allow the "Mersey Flats" to pass along the river into the centre of Manchester.
		The final solution was to build a swing aqueduct, a great engineering feat, and one which had never been attempted before.
		When the bridge swings to allow traffic on the ship canal to pass the swinging tank of the aqueduct and the joining ends of the Bridgewater canal are sealed with hinged doors closed by hydraulic rams.
	users.breathe.com /g8hxe/barton_swing_bridge_and_aqueduct.htm (915 words)

	Aqueduct
		It consisted of three arches, the middle one 63 feet span, and admitting under it the largest barges navigating the Irwell with sails set.
		Hitherto the channel for the waters had been constructed of stone, or partly of stone and partly of clay puddle, which it was generally found very difficult to keep water-tight for a length of time.
		For the first 10 miles, the rock consists of mica schist and clay slate-close, retentive material, into which no water percolates, and in which, consequently, few springs are to be found.
	www.1902-encyclopedia.com /A/AQU/aqueduct.html (10514 words)

	The Manchester Ship Canal
		Barton Road Bridge and Trafford Road Bridge were closest to Manchester, and were originally swung by means of hydraulic power.
		At Salford, the Barton Swing Aqueduct was built to allow the Bridgewater Canal to pass over it, as was the Swing Road Bridge at Salford Quays.
		East of Warrington, the canal joins the River Irwell, and the two become one waterway from there to the Mersey estuary.
	www.manchester2003-uk.com /history/victorian/Victorian4.html (10514 words)

	Seven Wonders of the Waterways
		The original Barton Aqueduct was built by James Brindley in 1761 to take the Duke of Bridgewater's eponymous canal across the River Irwell.
		The Barton Swing Aqueduct was designed by Edward Leader Williams and opened in 1893.
		The aqueduct swings open, full of water, to allow the passage of ships along the Manchester Ship Canal.
	www.luphen.org.uk /canals/7wonders.htm (10514 words)

	Walk the Heritage Trail
		On your right, you will see Brindley's aqueduct, built in 1765, over 100 years before Edward Leader-Williams' swing aqueduct, that originally spanned the River Irwell.
		Brindley's aqueduct was parallel with the current swing aqueduct, roughly between it and the present road bridge.
		It was actually moved and placed where you see it today by the good Burghers of Eccles Town Council in 1896 who, while preserving the aqueduct, sadly took it completely out of context!
	www.steamcoalcanal.co.uk /walk2.htm (10514 words)

	Manchester Ship Canal
		when the ship canal was built they had to widen the bed of the River Irwell, this meant that the Brindley's famous Barton Aqueduct had to be demollished, a great pity, but to replace it Sir E. Leader Williams built a most remarkable piece of engineering.
		This is called the Barton Swing Aqueduct, to the side of it the road also swings, a most remarkable sight and one that I feel sure Brindley would have loved to have seen.
		When the aqueduct is movinging it weighs 1600 tons.
	www.1waterways.freeserve.co.uk /page47.html (10514 words)

	Salford estate agents with property for sale - M6, Greater Manchester, England
		It is located near to Barton upon Irwell, Charlestown, Cheetham Hill, Cheetwood, Collyhurst, Eccles, Ellesmere Park, Gorse Hill, Higher Broughton, Hilton Park, Little Bolton, Lower Broughton, Lower Kersal, Manchester, Moorside, Newtown, Old Trafford, Ordsall, Patricroft, Pendlebury, Pendleton, Prestwich, Rainsough, Seedley, Strangeways, Stretford, Swinton, Trafford Centre, Trafford Park and Weaste.
		Salford is a city in Greater Manchester, England.
		One Hundred and Thirty-nine have been sold here at an average price of £54,159, which is below the national average for existing terraced houses and is below the average selling price in Greater Manchester for this property type.
	www.estateangels.co.uk /estate_agents/salford,m6_5 (325 words)

	City of Salford -
		The modern City of Salford incorporates the former County Borough of Salford (including Pendleton, Langworthy, Broughton, Weaste, Ordsall and Seedley) the Borough of Eccles (including Monton, Winton and Barton-upon-Irwell), the Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury, the Urban District of Irlam and the Urban District of Worsley (including Walkden).
		Salford is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in North West England.
		The river divides the centre of Salford from the centre of Manchester.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/City_of_Salford (266 words)

	Bridging the Years: multimedia
		The Barton Swing Aqueduct was built in the 1890s to replace the stone aqueduct which had been constructed in the eighteenth century to carry the Bridgewater Canal over the River Irwell.
		With the arrival of the Manchester Ship Canal, the stone structure was too small and had to be replaced with this larger aqueduct.
		In the first clip, we can see the Aqueduct starting to swing.
	www.canalarchive.org.uk /multimedia/index.php (266 words)

	Swinton estate agents with property for sale - M27, Greater Manchester, England
		Nearby places are Alder Forest, Barton upon Irwell, Besses o' th' Barn, Chapel Field, Charlestown, Clifton, Eccles, Ellesmere Park, Hazelhurst, Hill Top, Hilton Park, Kearsley, Little Bolton, Lower Kersal, Moorside, Newtown, Patricroft, Peel Green, Pendlebury, Pendleton, Prestwich, Rainsough, Salford, Seedley, Stoneclough, Trafford Centre, Walkden, Wardley, Weaste and Worsley.
		Swinton is a town in Greater Manchester, England.
		Fifty-one have been sold here at an average price of £84,782, which is below the national average for existing terraced houses and is around the average selling price in Greater Manchester for this property type.
	www.estateangels.co.uk /estate_agents/swinton,m27_4 (324 words)

	Hankinson Autumn 2002 Newsletter
		Once in Cadishead or Irlam you then associate with Manchester some 9 miles eastwards, this being because the name Barton which was much closer to Manchester but the Registration Parish of Cadishead, Irlam, Barton, Peel Green, Patricroft, Eccles et al was Barton Upon Irwell.
		Dumplington Church (RC) is very close to the Manchester Ship Canal swing bridge at Patricroft - an area of Eccles which is within the Barton upon Irwell Registry District of Lancaster.
		A 10-minute walk along a nicely paved footpath for a quarter mile towards Manchester along the A57 Trunk Road to the River Glaze and you are in Cadishead which is adjoined to Irlam and it had plentiful supply of higher paid work and not far from the rest of the family.
	www.homestead.com /hankinsongenealogy/HankinsonAutumn2002.html (2069 words)

	Barton, Salford, Greater Manchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barton or Barton-upon-Irwell is an area of Eccles, Greater Manchester.
		It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Barton-upon-Irwell.
		Proposed location of the City of Salford Stadium, the new (propsed) home ground for the Salford City Reds Rugby League club, which is currently based at Weaste in Salford
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barton,_Salford,_Greater_Manchester (130 words)

	Manchester Engineers and Inventors included Francis Egerton, James Brindley, Tom Kilburn, Charles Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce, Roy Chadwick, George Bradshaw and Daniel Adamson of Greater Manchester
		Its construction called for many ingenious engineering solutions; an example of Brindley's genius is the Barton Swing Aqueduct, built to allow his canal to cross over the River Irwell in Salford, and to swing back, still holding the rough of water to allow tall ships to pass on the Irwell beneath.
		Proud of being a Lancastrian and a Mancunian, Roy Chadwick is said to have been one of the Institute of Technology's most famous students, and a plaque to commemorate his achievements can be seen in the entrance hall (now UMIST, the University of Manchester Institue of Science and technology).
		This was to be the first true modern canal, designed specifically to carry coal from the Duke's collieries at Worsley over the 10 miles to Castlefield in Manchester.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /celebs/engineers2.html (130 words)

	Manchester Ship Canal (1)
		It was necessary to replace Brindley's historic stone aqueduct, across the Irwell at Barton, with the Barton Swing Aqueduct, which was as pioneering a structure as Brindley's had been in its day.
		Waterside apartments overlooking the Ship Canal and the Mersey Estuary at Ellesmere Port.
		Opened in 1894, the Manchester Ship Canal was one of the last major canals to be constructed in Britain.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /manchester/m30.htm (335 words)

	Bridgewater Canal
		The first section of the canal crossed the River Irwell by means of a unique stone aqueduct constructed over the river Irwell, later replaced by the equally famous Barton Swing aqueduct over the Manchester Ship Canal
		The Bridgewater Canal was constructed to transport the Duke of Bridgewater's coal from his mine at Worsley.
		Coal was needed in large quantities to fuel the industrial revolution, the canal enabled coal and other goods to be transported efficiently and cheaply to the rapidly expanding towns and cities.
	www.bridgewatercanal.co.uk (331 words)

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		Death Cert HC 899136 in Registration District of Barton Upon Irwell, Sub-district of Barton, County of Lancaster shows Sarahs age of 74 years.
		Family Search Intnl Gen. Index v5.0 lists Sarah Ann Brackenbury christened Oct 10, 1841 at Wyberton, Lincoln, England.
		Sarahs husband was listed as Henry Scrupps, General Labourer.
	www.scrupps.supanet.com /page8.html (331 words)

	Stretford Tree
		Barton is the registration district of Barton-on-Irwell (to the E of Manchester), and includes Stretford.
		Chorlton is the Registration district of Chorlton-upon-Medlock (just S of Manchester city centre), and should not be confused with Chorlton-cum-Hardy (which is further to the SW).
		Stretford is about a mile from Old Trafford, Manchester (most famous for its Test and County Cricket Ground — there is also a football ground nearby.)
	homepage.ntlworld.com /i.c.pidgeon/Genealogy/Tree_Stretford.htm (454 words)

	A Contemporary Description of Eccles Parish Greater Manchester in 1841
		Eccles, a village and parish in the wapentake and hundred of Salford, barony, division, and polling district of Manchester, comprising 16,500 statute acres, and divided into five townships, Barton - on - Irwell, Worsley, Pendleton, Clifton, and Pendlebury.
		A court leet is held for Barton, and a court baron for Worsley.
		Slightly endowed schools at Davyhulme, Eccles, Roegreen, and Pendleton : in 1833 the daily schools were 36, several are free by private bounty, sunday 26, infant 9, and boarding 6.
	www.mancuniensis.info /EcclesParish1841M.htm (454 words)

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