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	Calder and Hebble Navigation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a canal system in West Yorkshire, England.
		The River Calder was to be used where possible, and canals were cut between sections of the river to straighten it out.
		The Navigation runs from Wakefield via Horbury, Ossett, Dewsbury, to Mirfield where it is joined by the River Colne and the Huddersfield Broad Canal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calder_and_Hebble_Navigation (175 words)

	River Calder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The River Calder is a river in West Yorkshire, England.
		At Wakefield, it is canalised and becomes 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Calder (104 words)

	Encyclopedia: Calder and Hebble Navigation
		The Canal du Midi in Toulouse, France A picturesque stretch on the Calder and Hebble Navigation Canals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.
		Sowerby Bridge is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, southwest of Halifax, at the junction between the Rochdale Canal and the Calder and Hebble Navigation, and on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
		Calder Cup The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the champion of the American Hockey League.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Calder-and-Hebble-Navigation (830 words)

	Encyclopedia: River Calder
		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.
		The Calder and Hebble Navigation Canal and the River Calder at Mirfield
		The Calder and Hebble Navigation, runs for 21.5 miles from the Aire and Calder Navigation at Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge, was one of the first navigable waterways into the Pennines.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/River-Calder (447 words)

	The Calder and Hebble Navigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Calder and Hebble Navigation, running for 21 miles from the Aire and Calder Navigation at Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge, was one of the first navigable waterways into the Pennines.
		It was an extension westwards of the Aire and Calder Navigation and was surveyed by John Smeaton and the later sections by James Brindley.
		About half of the navigation is along the course of the River Calder, with short man-made cuts with locks to by-pass weirs.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /rochdale/calder.htm (468 words)

	Calder and Hebble Navigation: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Calder and Hebble Navigation
		Calder and Hebble Navigation: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Calder and Hebble Navigation
		Construction was started in 1757 by the engineer John Smeaton to provide a navigable waterway between Wakefield and Halifax.
		The river continues, but the Navigation terminates where the Rochdale Canal[?] starts.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ca/Calder-and-Hebble-Navigation.html (150 words)

	Rxpress - Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A picturesque stretch on the Calder and Hebble Navigation
		In Europe and then in the young United States, inland canals preceded the development of railroads during the earliest phase of the Industrial Revolution; some canals were later drained and used as railroad rights-of-way.
		Navigable canals reached into previously isolated areas and brought them in touch with the world economy.
	www.rxpresspharmacy.com /wiki/index/Canals (417 words)

	River Calder Definition / River Calder Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The River Calder is a river in West Yorkshire, England God Save the Queen Unofficial: Rule Britannia Land of Hope and Glory Jerusalem...
		At WakefieldWakefield is a city in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Leeds, and by the River Calder.
		It is additionally part of the Aire and Calder NavigationThe 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.elresearch.com /River_Calder (277 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Image:Calder_and_hebble.jpg thumbThe Calder and Hebble Navigation just before it joins the Rochdale Canal The '''Calder and Hebble Navigation''' is a canal system in West Yorkshire, England.
		Construction was started in 1757 by the civil engineer John Smeaton (assisted by William Jessop) to provide a navigable waterway between Wakefield and Halifax, England Halifax.
		The Navigation runs from Wakefield via Horbury, Ossett, Dewsbury, to Mirfield where it is joined by the River_Colne,_West_Yorkshire River Colne and the Huddersfield Broad Canal.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Calder_and_Hebble_Navigation.html (202 words)

	Calder and Hebble Navigation - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Calder and Hebble Navigation - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Calder and Hebble Navigation contains research on
		Calder and Hebble Navigation, West Yorkshire and Canals in the United Kingdom.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Calder_and_Hebble_Navigation (186 words)

	The Calder and Hebble Navigation Canal and the River Calder at Mirfield
		The Calder and Hebble Navigation and the River Calder at Mirfield
		Canal cuts were made in the river and the entire length was opened for navigation from Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge in September 1770.
		The River Calder rises on the Pennine Moors, west of Todmorden and drains an area of nearly a 1000 sq km.
	mysite.freeserve.com /upper_hopton/calder/calder.htm (232 words)

	Calder & Hebble/Aire & Calder - Part 1. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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.
		Good moorings here, we had a nice lunch at the Calder & Hebble Inn on the way up and stopped off for a drink at the modern Jenny Dee pub on the way back; my preference was the former.
	pages.prodigy.net /brinnand/ramblings/cruise1a.htm (695 words)

	Beaulieu River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The river Burry and its continuation the Loughor, together with the Lliedi, were deepened and made navigable under an Act of 1815.
		Was a 11 mile 5 furlong, 4 lock, river navigation from Firepool Lock, four miles upstream from Taunton, to Burrow Bridge where it joined the River Parrett.
		Some of the river was made navigable around 1638, improvements authorised by Act of 1699 and 1707.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Beaulieu-River.html (1945 words)

	Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion: Foldout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Calder & Hebble Navigation – also known as the Calder & Hebble Canal – is 24 miles in length, and runs from the junction with the Wakefield section of the Aire and Calder Navigation to Sowerby Bridge.
		Initially, 21% of the Calder and Hebble Navigation consisted of cuts, but this finally rose to 68%.
		An Act to extended the Aire & Calder Navigation into the Calder Valley was passed in 1758.
	home.aol.com /calderdale/mmc7.html (657 words)

	Calder & Hebble/Aire & Calder - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In 1758 powers were granted to a trust (later known as the Calder & Hebble Navigation) to make the River Calder navigable from Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge.
		Under the direction of John Smeaton, James Brindley and Thomas Simpson, canal cuts were made in the river and the entire length was opened for navigation in September 1770.
		In 1835 the route to Leeds was largely canalized and four years later a windy section of the River Calder was bypassed with the construction of a cut from just below Wakefield down to Whitwood including a suspension aqueduct at Stanley Ferry; the new aqueduct was opened in 1981.
	pages.prodigy.net /brinnand/ramblings/hist1.htm (459 words)

	Hebble Trail, Halifax - From Canal Basin at Salterhebble to Shears Inn at Paris Gates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It is with this in mind, that we have carried out an initial inspection, and taken some photographs of the itinerary from Salterhebble through to the Shears Inn at Paris Gates.
		The mill premises of John Holdsworth and Co Ltd are located immediately next to the route of the Halifax Branch Canal which joins the Calder and Hebble Navigation Canal at Salterhebble.
		It was along this canal that horse-drawn barges used to bring coal to the Company's boiler house in order to generate the steam which was required to drive the huge steam engines, as well as to heat the buildings.
	www.holdsworths.com /history/..\environment\hebble\index.html (522 words)

	Calder and Hebble Navigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		John Smeaton planned this navigation and carried out some of the work from Wakefield to Salter Hebble.
		Smeaton was succeeded by Brindley who carried on the work and extended the waterway to Sowerby Bridge.
		However after Brindley's death in 1772 the work was continued and completed by Smeaton.
	jamesbrindley.tripod.com /calderandhebble.html (48 words)

	Wakefield Waterfront History
		In 1758 powers were granted to make the River Calder navigable upstream from Wakefield.
		The Calder and Hebble Navigation is the gateway to the Pennines and links the Aire and Calder Navigation to the start of the Rochdale Canal.
		The Calder and Hebble Navigation Warehouse fronts the River Calder.
	www.wakefieldwaterfront.com /history.htm (145 words)

	The Navigation pub - Calder Grove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Seek and thou shalt find - the Navigation is not an obvious pub to find, but it is well worth the visit.
		It is located in the village of Calder Grove on the A636 Wakefield to Denby Dale Road (there is a sign on the main road, next to the TOTAL petrol station).
		The walk on the canal bank, in either direction is recommended with two locks within a few hundred yards of the pub.
	www.wakey.com /swakefield/pubs/navigation.htm (181 words)

	River Calder - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		For other River Calders, see River Calder (disambiguation).
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about River Calder contains research on
		River Calder, See also and Rivers in West Yorkshire.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/River_Calder (117 words)

	Rusticated Arch
		The pit marks in the large blocks on either side of the arch run diagonally from right to left which is what you'd expect if a mason held the chisel in his left hand and the hammer in his right.
		The sandstone arch, now blocked with modern synthetic stonework, was constructed around 1838 when this section of the Calder and Hebble Navigation opened.
		Bargees used this entrance in the embankment wall to access Bridge House, where they paid their fees for the use of the canal.
	www.wildyorkshire.co.uk /naturediary/docs/2004/9/13.html (175 words)

	Virtual canal trip along the Rochdale Canal and Calder and Hebble Navigation
		It is open now for navigation along the whole of the route since the re-opening of the Littleborough to Manchester section in 2002.
		The "trip" continues from the virtual cruise of the Huddersfield Narrow and Broad Canals and begins by following the Calder and Hebble Navigation between Cooper Bridge and Sowerby Bridge.
		The quality of each image has been kept moderately low to enable the pages to load reasonably quickly, although it may take up to 30 seconds for all the pictures on a page to load.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /rochdale/rc3.htm (214 words)

	Local History Titles
		Potted histories of all the major settlements of the Calder Valley, from Halifax to Walsden, with photographs.
		The River Calder rises in the Pennines north of Todmorden, receives the Hebble Brook at Salterhebble and reaches the Aire and Calder Navigation at Wakefield.
		It was made navigable in the 1770s and became part of the Mersey-Humber trade routes.
	www.bookcase.co.uk /hist_hb.htm (2736 words)

	Articles - Canals of the United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A project called the Jubilee River, which diverts flood waters from the River Thames in Berkshire, is already open, but it was designed to look and act like a natural river, and it is not generally counted as a new canal.
		There is now a large waterways network of canals and navigable rivers throughout Great Britain, with most canals being linked to other canals, navigable rivers or the sea.
		In May 2005 The Times reported that British Waterways was hoping to quadruple the amount of cargo carried on Britain's canal network to 6 million tonnes by 2010 by transporting large amounts of waste to disposal facilities.
	www.foreverd.com /articles/Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom (688 words)

	Calder and Hebble Navigation - information and photographs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Calder and Hebble Navigation runs for 21 miles from Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire.
		It connects the Aire and Calder Navigation at Wakefield with the Rochdale Canal at Sowerby Bridge and Huddersfield Broad Canal at Cooper Bridge.
		The canal was never closed and is a popular waterway with leisure boaters.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /calder (137 words)

	Canal restoration news
		The Rochdale Canal spans the Pennines for 32 miles from the centre of Manchester to its junction with the Calder and Hebble Navigation in Sowerby Bridge.
		This is the first lock to be restored on the Driffield Navigation and is one more step towards the re opening of the Driffield Navigation which appears to be some what forgotten waterway when it comes to UK waterways restoration.
		Restore the Montgomery Canal as a flagship model of sustainable navigable canal restoration, with a strategic focus on rural regeneration.
	www.canaljunction.com /news/restor1.htm (2211 words)

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