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Anderton Boat Lift

Description: Lift Lane, Anderton, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6FW. Tel: 01606 786777.

Newest Review: ... Waterways are optimistic with regards to the future of our inland waterways network. The Anderton Boat Lift became one of British Waterways’ major restoration projects, backed by The Cheshire Anderton Boat Lift Development Group, a consortium of two local borough councils, Cheshire County Council, The Inland Waterways Association and the Trent & Mersey Canal Society. As the lift is a ... more

... scheduled monument (whatever that might be), the permission of English Heritage was required before the restoration work could begin. Permission was granted, but huge amounts of money were needed, seven million pound in all. Thanks to a £3.3 million g...more

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Anderton Boat Lift: What a contraption! (1178 words)
by Shazzy - written on 04.04.02 (Very useful, 120 readings)
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I’m telling you, this is one huge construction! Not at all what you’d expect to find on a canal. Not only is it huge, it’s ugly too! My best friend’s a canal enthusiast and as she’s recently been staying at mine, she dragged me all over the show to look at canal things. I drove, she admired the Cheshire countryside. It was nice though, because I like canals too, just not as much as she does. The Anderton Boat Lift was re-opened on 27th March, the day after Carol arrived, having stood unused since it’s closure in 1983, so a drive up to Northwich was inevitable. The lift, built in 1875 and known as “The ...

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