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MANCHESTER AND OLDH'AM CANAL. Manchester

and OldhamCanal.

Description os a Canal from Manchester to AJhton-under-Lyne , andOldham , in the County of Lancaster. 1792.

THE canal commences on the east side of Manchester, near astreet called Piccadilly ; crosses the main road to Ashton, and theriver Medlock ; passes Fairfield, and terminates at Ashton-under-Lyne. At Fairfield the branch goes off to the New Mill near Old-ham ; from this branch there is a cut to Park Colliery. Thetotal length is eleven miles, with one hundred and fifty-two feetrife.

The subscribers to this canal are incorporated under the title of“ The Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation fromManchester to Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham.” The breadthallowed for this canal, towing-path, &c. is thirty yards, and not todeviate more than one hundred yards from the line laid down ;—are allowed to raise sixty thousand pounds, and, if not sufficient,thirty thousand pounds more. The rates to be as follow :

For lime, lime-stone, dung, manure, clay, sand, and gravel, onehalfpenny per ton per mile.

For coal, cannel, stone (except lime-stone), and other materials,not passing through locks, one penny per ton per mile.

For timber, goods, &c. not passing through locks, three half-pence per ton per mile.

For coal, cannel, stone (except limestone), and other materials,passing through locks, three-halfpence per ton per mile.

For timber, goods, &c. passing through locks, two-penceper ton per mile.

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