ANSAAR Scout Group Canal Scenes - Saville Town
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dtrebilc
N 53° 40.850 W 001° 37.462
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This scene painted by a local scout group shows things you might see along the towpath of the Canal and Hebble Navigation.
Waymark Code: WM11MVY
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/15/2019
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The Calder and Hebble Navigation completed in 1770 consisted of artificial improvements to the River Calder and River Hebble to allow canal boats use what used to be un-navigable rivers.
It ran for 21 miles from the Aire and Calder Navigation at Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge, was one of the first navigable waterways into the Pennines. It was an extension westwards of the Aire and Calder Navigation.
Work began in 1758 to make the River Calder navigable above Wakefield. The navigation to Sowerby Bridge was completed in 1770, including this short branch to Dewsbury.
The mural includes a swan, a duck, someone fishing in the canal, a tree with an owl and squirrel in the branches butterflies, a duck and someone wearing a hat and dark glasses eating an ice cream.
As well as the scouts logo it also has the words 'Canal and River Trust', the organisation responsible for maintaining the canal.
The mural is painted on the brick wall of a former warehouse alongside the canal.
City: Dewsbury
Location Name: Former warehouse alongside the canaltowpath
Media: Paint on brick
Artist: Not listed
Date: Not listed
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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