Sankey Canal

The Sankey Canal in North West England associates Saint Helens to the River Mersey at Spike Island. When opened in 1757, it pursued the valley of the Sankey Brook from where the rivulet joined the River Mersey past Warrington to Parr at the north east of what progressed toward becoming St Helens town centre. Extensions were built at the Mersey end to Fiddlers Ferry and after that to Widnes, while at the northern end it was stretched out to Sutton. The channel was surrendered somewhere in the range of 1931 and 1963 however has been the question of a rebuilding endeavor since 1985 when the Sankey Canal Restoration Society was framed.

The Sankey Canal was assembled mainly to transport coal from Haydock Collieries and Parr to the developing substance ventures of Liverpool, albeit press metal and corn were vital cargoes. The enterprises quickly extended, and spread along the line of the trench to Saint Helens, Haydock, Newton le Willows and Widnes, which were little towns until this period. The waterway was an imperative factor in the modern development of the locale. There are plans to reestablish the trench, and to extend it to join the fundamental waterway framework through the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.