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Vincent Dorrington on one of Huddersfield’s greatest civil engineering achievements in an era of ‘canal mania’

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By Local Historian Vincent Dorrington One of Huddersfield’s greatest civil engineering achievements took place in 1811. In that year the trans-Pennine Canal, linking Huddersfield directly with Lancashire, was built and a new era of economic prosperity was about to dawn. The lead in canal building took place when the Ramsden Broad Canal was completed in 1780. Other Huddersfield mill owners and businessmen felt the time had come in 1793 to build o…
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Huddersfield Hub broke the news on Sunday, April 26, 2026.
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