William Froggatt

Canal & River Trust heritage adviser for the north west, including the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and the Lancaster Canal. Views my own.

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

The earliest cast iron aqueduct that is still used for navigation today is at Stalybridge on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal over the River Tame, c 1800. The towpath is carried on the adjacent stone arch

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

@BridgesCanal @Jon_Shapland @HelmsmanYour @CRTBoating Not sure where this bridge is, but I agree with the 'railway' bridge response. Looks like a skew bridge so not an original one to the canal

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

Junction Bridge at Shipley, marking the junction between the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and the Bradford Canal. The latter was closed for the second and final time 100 years ago this month.

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

These boats were held up at Blackburn in October (!) 1919 due to a lack of rain - Eanam Wharf, Leeds & Liverpool Canal

[National Waterways Museum @NWMuseum]

July sees the 20th anniversary of the reopening of the restored Rochdale Canal and a range of activities is being planned to celebrate 🎉 Looking back further, we found this fantastic image taken in 1880 showing numerous workmen in and beside the Piccadilly Lock on the canal ⚒

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

Bridge 17 Lydiate, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, through the years

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

An unusual boat propulsion system seen on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a paddle of the type more commonly seen on the Mississippi Navigation @CRTBoating

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

@CRTNorthWest @BridgesCanal @Wilfred15608507 @CanalRiverTrust @CRTBoating @ThePhotoHour @cctrust @CRTYorkshireNE I don't know the area, looks nice, could be a leggers hut - leggers took the boat through the tunnel while the horse went over the top

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

@CRTBoating @CRTYorkshireNE Yes there are still gate paddles like this, at Bingley notably, Gargrave (L&LC) also some on the Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal - lock 3 shown. Some ground paddles have a similar rotating design

[Ryedale Plasterers @RyedaleP]

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[Archie Workman @TheLengthsman]

Volunteering my restoration skills for @CRTNorthWest @CRTBoating today in #AppleyBridge
#signwriting

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

Thank you Archie you have done a brilliant job. They now look like two of the finest mile posts on the canal

[Archie Workman @TheLengthsman]

Hi @CRTBill ~ you may recall asking me to restore this milestone pre Lockdowns etc ?
Finished it yesterday & the half mile in Appley Bridge
There were a couple more you wanted me to look at but have lost your e-mail !

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

The modern world in old Ladybird books, 1955.
“Barges are loaded with goods from factories built beside canals. Barges may be towed by horses or driven by their own motor engines”
#WCWatson

[Richard Morris @ahistoryinart]

'Cookham Lock.' (1935) Stanley Spencer had difficulties in painting landscapes directly from nature because of the amount of time it took to complete a picture, sometimes finding the process a chore.

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

Great shot of Bingley's new gates. Are you on a boat trip @andnewman ?

[Andrew Newman @andnewman]

.@CRTBill conducting a close-up inspection of your new gate at Bingley

Very wooden!

[Canal & River Trust Boating @CRTBoating]

For #ThrowbackThursday we are staying in #Skipton in Yorkshire and the Springs Branch of the canal. One of the principle cargos here was stone. These Leeds & Liverpool wide boats are being loaded with limestone by chute. https://t.co/yq7FFcHret

[L&L Canal Society @LLCanalSociety]

The society is moving forward with it's main aim with kennet to promote the history and education of the canal. We have started a you tube channel. With various ideas in place from timelapses of kennet on the move to informative history insites.

https://t.co/yF3GSAWz6F

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

@writettes @CRTNorthWest Yes the Wigan flight and Johnsons Hillock flight were built at more or less the same time and together saw completion of the canal

[William Froggatt @CRTBill]

Two coal boats competing for the bottom lock at Johnsons Hillock. Ellen of Wigan Coal & Iron carried coal and cannel from Aspull to Blackburn, believed to have been broken up in 1909

[Just canal bridges @BridgesCanal]

@CRTBill Fascinating, thank you. I didn't realise there was a South section of the Lancaster Canal until today, there is a fantastic page of the history of the canal on @LCTrust website. Here's a photo of the junction at Johnsons Hillock Locks from last week