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The Yorkshire Waterways Museum

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The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
Phone:
+44 1405 768730

Hours:
Sunday9am - 4pm
Monday9am - 4pm
Tuesday9am - 4pm
Wednesday9am - 4pm
Thursday9am - 4pm
Friday9am - 4pm
Saturday9am - 4pm


The canals of the United Kingdom are a major part of the network of inland waterways in the United Kingdom. They have a colourful history, from use for irrigation and transport, through becoming the focus of the Industrial Revolution, to today's role of recreational boating. Despite a period of abandonment, today the canal system in the United Kingdom is again in increasing use, with abandoned and derelict canals being reopened, and the construction of some new routes. Most canals in the United Kingdom are maintained by the Canal & River Trust, previously British Waterways, but a minority of canals are privately owned. The majority of canals in the United Kingdom can accommodate boats with a length of between 55 and 72 feet and are now used primarily for leisure. There are a number of canals which are far larger than this including New Junction Canal and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal which can allow use for boats with a length of up to 230 feet . One purpose built ship canal exists in the United Kingdom, the Manchester Ship Canal, which is incomparable in size to any other canal in the United Kingdom. Upon opening in 1894 it was the largest ship canal in the world, and permitted ships with a length of up to 600 feet to navigate its 36-mile route.
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