New Junction Canal 1

I had wanted to visit the New Junction Canal for a while. It was opened in 1905, the last major canal construction in this country. The canal connected the Aire and Calder navigation in the north, to the Don navigation in the south. In the twentieth century it was a vital part of the coal transportation network, connecting the port of Goole to the coalfields. That all fell apart this century and now it is barely used save for a few leisure users and the odd commercial vessel. It crosses the river went in this photo on an aqueduct. Impressive engineering seen by very few.