Canal Collection

Burnley Weavers Triangle DES01_01_0212
Weavers Triangle, Burnley, Lancashire. A view looking south east along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal from Westgate Bridge showing mills and warehouses lining the canal

Severn Railway Bridge EAW038126
The Severn Railway Bridge, Sharpness, Gloucestershire, from the south, July 1951. The Golucester-Sharpness canal is in the foreground, crossed by a swing-bridge

Barton Swing Aqueduct a98_05171
Boats on the Barton Swing Aqueduct, carrying the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal. Trafford, Greater Manchester. Photographed by Eric de Mare sometime in the 1950s

Crossing a canal JLP01_08_084424
STAFFORDSHIRE. A sheet pile cofferdam being constructed across a canal on the route of the Barlaston pipeline, as a narrow boat passes by

Worcester HAW_09422_20
Worcester Cathedral, College Yard, Worcester. Showing the city and canal. Photographed by Harold Wingham in September 1951

Tardebigge Flight 29447_035
Part of Tardebigge Flight, Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Worcestershire. Photographed in June 2015

Armley Mills Leeds 28009_064
Leeds Industrial Museum, Armley Mills, Canal Road, Armley, Leeds. Originally the site of a corn and fulling mill, in 1805 it was developed to be the largest woollen mill in the world

Anderton Boat Lift a99_09245
ANDERTON BOAT LIFT, Cheshire. Floodlit night view from the west. The Boat Lift opened in 1875. It was built to transfer canal boats between the River Weaver Navigation and the Trent & Mersey Canal

Westway Flyover JLP01_10_00756
WESTWAY FLYOVER, A40, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, GREATER LONDON. An elevated view looking west along the route of the Westway Flyover

Birmingham Canal Navigations Head Office BCN01_01_01
Birmingham Canal Navigations Head Office, Paradise Street, Birmingham. Exterior view showing the front elevation in 1876. The gateways through this building gave access to the Old Wharf canal

Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069215a
M6 Motorway, M6, Penkridge, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Midland Link Motorway, between Junction 13 and Junction 11 of the M6

Kirkstall Road Viaduct 28348_050
Kirkstall Road Viaduct, Burley, Leeds. Railway viaduct carrying the former Leeds and Thirsk line over the River Aire, Viaduct Road and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Nottingham Canal DP073773
Castle Wharf, Nottingham. British Waterways warehouse viewed from south from basin footbridge

Airedale Mills Bingley DES01_01_0616
Airedale Mills, Crossflatts, Bingley, Bradford, viewed across the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Photographed by Eileen Deste between 1966 and 1974

Feathers Boat House OFH01_01_01_f09_01
Feathers Boat House, Wandsworth, Wandsworth, Greater London. The Feathers Boat House, also known as The Feathers Tavern, seen across the canal running parrallel to the River Wandle

Canalside works BB81_02839
E P & W Baldwin's Tin Plate Works, Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton. Baldwin's tin plate works stood at the junction of the Birmingham Canal Navigations New Main Line and the Wyrley

Canalside works BB81_00015
A view showing iron works close to the canal, Wolverhampton. There are several tall square chimneys, and parts of the site appear disused

Wootton Rivers Lock MCF01_02_0704
Wootton Rivers Lock, Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire. A view looking south-west along the Kennet and Avon Canal towards the lock gates of Wootton Rivers Lock

Flooding at Diglis 33871_021
Flooding of River Severn at Diglis Lock near Worcester, Worcestershire, 2019

Flooding at Diglis 33871_017
Flooding of River Severn at Diglis Lock near Worcester, Worcestershire, 2019

Flooding at Diglis 33871_019
Flooding of River Severn at Diglis Bridge near Worcester, Worcestershire, 2019

Three Bridges 35109_016
Windmill Bridge, aka Three Bridges, on the Grand Union Canal at Hanwell, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Greater London, 2021

Runcorn Gap 35025_043
Road and rail bridges over the River Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn Gap, Halton, Cheshire, 2021

Runcorn Gap 35025_041
Road and rail bridges over the River Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn Gap, Halton, Cheshire, 2021

Canalside JLP01_10_49387a
NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, KING EDWARDS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM. A view looking north west across the canal towards the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham

Canalside JLP01_10_49387b
NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, KING EDWARDS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM. A view from Cambrian Wharf looking south west towards the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, which is in the final stages of construction

Salt factory JLP01_08_089431
British Salt Factory, Faulkner Lane, Middlewich, Cheshire East. A view from across the Trent & Mersey Canal of the main processing building at the British Salt factory

Caen Hill Locks 29613_014
Caen Hill Locks, Kennet and Avon Canal, Devizes, Wiltshire, 2015

Caen Hill Locks 29613_012
Caen Hill Locks, Kennet and Avon Canal, Devizes, Wiltshire, 2015

Diglies Basin HAW_09422_17
Diglis Canal Basin, Worcester. Terminus of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, with lock access to the River Severn. Photographed by Harold Wingham in September 1951

Suez Canal, 1918 EGP_22663_18
Suez Canal, Egypt. Aerial view showing a camouflaged ship at the entrance to the Suez Canal near Ismailia. The photograph was probably taken from an observation balloon at a range of 500ft

Frozen Canal CC025434
Grand Union Canal, Hounslow, Greater London. A man standing by the damaged canal bank with a boat in the broken ice in the foreground, and Kew Bridge Pumping Station in the distance

Reflections DP073433
Watery reflections of a bantam tug at Battlebridge Basin, Regents Canal, Camden, London

Wootton Wawen Aqueduct 20138_13
Aqueduct at Wootton Wawen, near Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. The aqueduct carries the Stratford-on-Avon Canal over the main road. Barges are moored in the basin just beyond the aqueduct

Kings Cross 27537_025
The Regents Canal, Kings Cross, Camden, London. Central St Martins College of Art & Design was once a railway grain store and then a wagon marshalling shed

Transport routes 28351_020
Leeds and Liverpool Canal and River Aire, North Yorkshire. At this point the river is crossed by an aqueduct and a railway viaduct, while the canal is crossed by road and rail bridges

Uffington, Oxfordshire BB97_11909
Uffington, Oxfordshire. A family group standing outside their cottage. In the background is the frame for a lifting canal bridge

The Bridgewater Monument
A fluted giant Greek Doric column with pedestal incribed In honour of Francis, third duke of Bridgewater, " Father of inland navigation" 1832. IoE 355639

Eardswick Bridge
Accommodatiion bridge on the Middlewick Branch Canal at SJ 670 599, Cheshire. IoE 351223

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