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Dukinfield Junction

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Dukinfield Junction is the name of the canal junction where the Peak Forest Canal, the Ashton Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal meet near Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. [1]

37 relations: Act of Parliament, Ashton Canal, Ashton-under-Lyne, Beat Bank Branch Canal, British Waterways, Bugsworth Basin, Cavendish Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne, Charitable organization, England, Greater Manchester, Hollinwood Branch Canal, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Inland Waterways Association, Junction (canal), Line shaft, List of canal junctions in the United Kingdom, Listed building, Lock (water navigation), Manchester, Marple, Greater Manchester, Narrowboat, Navigable aqueduct, Oldham, Peak Forest Canal, Pennines, Private company limited by guarantee, River Tame, Greater Manchester, Standedge Tunnels, Stockport Branch Canal, Tameside, Thomas Hewes, University of Manchester, Water wheel, Whaley Bridge, William Armstrong Fairburn, Wooden Canal Boat Society, World War II.

Act of Parliament

Acts of Parliament, also called primary legislation, are statutes passed by a parliament (legislature).

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Ashton Canal

The Ashton Canal is a canal in Greater Manchester in North West England.

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Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England.

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Beat Bank Branch Canal

The Beat Bank Branch Canal was an abortive canal near Manchester, England.

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British Waterways

British Waterways, often shortened to BW, was a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom.

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Bugsworth Basin

Bugsworth Basin is a canal basin at the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal.

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Cavendish Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne

Cavendish Mill is a Grade II* listed former cotton spinning mill in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, in the United Kingdom.

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Charitable organization

A charitable organization or charity is a non-profit organization (NPO) whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. charitable, educational, religious, or other activities serving the public interest or common good).

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2,782,100.

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Hollinwood Branch Canal

The Hollinwood Branch Canal was a canal near Hollinwood, in Oldham, England.

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Huddersfield Narrow Canal

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is an inland waterway in northern England.

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Inland Waterways Association

The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) was formed in 1946 as a registered charity in the United Kingdom to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British Canals and river navigations.

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Junction (canal)

A canal junction is a place at which two or more canal routes converge or diverge.

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Line shaft

A line shaft is a power driven rotating shaft for power transmission that was used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century.

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List of canal junctions in the United Kingdom

This List of canal junctions in the United Kingdom is an incomplete list of canal junctions in the United Kingdom that have articles in Wikipedia, in alphabetical order.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Marple, Greater Manchester

Marple is a small town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England.

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Narrowboat

A narrowboat or narrow boat is a boat of a distinctive design, made to fit the narrow canals of the United Kingdom.

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Navigable aqueduct

Navigable aqueducts (sometimes called water bridges) are bridge structures that carry navigable waterway canals over other rivers, valleys, railways or roads.

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Oldham

Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester.

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Peak Forest Canal

The Peak Forest Canal is a narrow (gauge) locked artificial waterway in northern England.

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Pennines

The Pennines, also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are a range of mountains and hills in England separating North West England from Yorkshire and North East England.

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Private company limited by guarantee

In British and Irish company law, a company limited by guarantee (LBG) is an alternative type of corporation used primarily for non-profit organisations that require legal personality.

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River Tame, Greater Manchester

The River Tame flows through Greater Manchester, England.

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Standedge Tunnels

The Standedge Tunnels are four parallel tunnels beneath the Pennines in northern England.

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Stockport Branch Canal

The Stockport Branch Canal was a 5-mile (8 km) branch of the Ashton Canal from Clayton to Stockport.

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Tameside

The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England.

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Thomas Hewes

Thomas Hewes was a millwright, textile machine manufacturer and civil engineer professionally active in England from 1790 to 1830.

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University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England, formed in 2004 by the merger of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the Victoria University of Manchester.

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Water wheel

A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill.

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Whaley Bridge

Whaley Bridge is a small town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, on the River Goyt southeast of Manchester, north of Buxton, east of Macclesfield and west of Sheffield.

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William Armstrong Fairburn

William Armstrong Fairburn (12 October 1876 – 1 October 1947) was a noted American author, naval architect, marine engineer, industrial executive, and chemist.

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Wooden Canal Boat Society

The Wooden Canal Boat Society (WCBS) is a waterway society and a registered charity in England, UK, based at Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukinfield_Junction

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