And I don't want to leave Olive. She could get broken into." The canal is privately owned by the Bridgewater Canal Company, which is owned by a subsidary of property giant The Peel Group.
Torrential rain caused Greater Manchester's Bridgewater Canal to burst for the first time since 1971, flooding nearby fields. Homes in Manchester, Stockport, Wigan, and Bolton were evacuated due ...
The Bridgewater Canal was built by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater to transport coal the ten miles from his Worsley mines to Manchester. The canal was completed in 1761, halving the ...