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By the early nineteenth century the canal systems were allowing the cheaper transportation of building materials across the country. In 1802 the Peak Forest Canal Company bought land at Ancoats wharf in Manchester and bulk shipped limestone and lime at cheap rates from its quarries in the Peak District via the Peak Forest Canal and the Ashton Canal. Samuel Oldknow of Mellor, who pioneered the manufacture of muslin, was the largest shareholder in the Peak Forest Canal and his warehouse can still be seen at Marple locks. Bugsworth Basin was established as a key transhipment point, between the Peak Forest Canal and its tramways, for the transport of limestone from quarries around Buxton into Manchester. It quickly grew to become one of the largest ports on the English canal network. Today, it is a world-class site of industrial archaeology, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and the only remaining interchange between a narrow canal and a tramway.

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Transport: general interest Ships & boats: general interest

• Full title: From Bugsworth to Manchester
• Author: Ian Littlechilds, Phil Page
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9781445640600
• ISBN: 1445640600
• ID: 09201089
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Weight: 302 g
• Dimensions: 237 × 165 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. June 2015

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