The maccie opened in 1831 and is 27 miles long and once the locks at Bosley have been negotiated you are on one of the highest navigable lengths at 518` above sea level. It`s route was planned by Telford and built by Wm. Crosley as a short cut from Manchester to London but gave good service to the mills and mines along it`s route.
All the bridges are of stone rather than the more common brick construction and the aqueducts, cuttings and embankments plus not forgetting the six snake/turnover bridges all come together for a very enjoyable cruise.
The picture below borrowed from the wonderful site of Pennine Waterways shows the
vehicles stranded and the towpath blocked for all except the local rock climbing club.
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Just past the collapsed wall rounding a bend and the magnificent Hovis Mill comes into view. Built in 1820 now converted to flats with a 4th floor 2 bedroom fetching around £125K.
Flour was milled here until 1904 before being transferred to Manchester. On the lower level can be seen the arch that allowed boats to enter for loading/un-loading.
Having passed through Macclesfield and seen the limited moorings i`m glad i decided to stop at Oakgrove Bdge 49 and get the half hourly bus into the town, the bus stop is next to the electric swingbridge.
3 comments:
Hi Les, Mark Haverland here. I follow your blog a lot. Thanks for the great pictures and videos. I also follow "TEN BOB NOTE" as well as a few others. Do you know what has happened to "TEN BOB NOTE"? His site returns a "404 not found"
error notice. He is currently a solo traveler as you are. Should I worry?
Edited by Les to remove contact address.
Hi Mark
Have e mailed you but for the benifit of other readers "Ten Bob Note" is fine but is not blogging at the moment.
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