Ripon Canal And Basin - Ripon, UK
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dtrebilc
N 54° 07.979 W 001° 31.154
30U E 596750 N 5999330
This blue plaque at the entrance to a canal basin, celebrates the Ripon Canal that was built to connect the city of Ripon with the River Ure.
Waymark Code: WM13885
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/09/2020
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The Ripon Canal is located in North Yorkshire, England. It was built by the canal engineer William Jessop to link the city of Ripon with the navigable section of the River Ure at Oxclose Lock, from where boats could reach York and Hull. It opened in 1773 and was a moderate success. It was sold to the Leeds and Thirsk Railway in 1847 and was effectively closed by 1906 owing to neglect. It was not nationalised with most canals and railways in 1948 and was abandoned in 1956.
In 1961 members of the Ripon Motor Boat Club formed the Ripon Canal Company Ltd and gradually restored the canal up to Littlethorpe. Subsequently the Ripon Canal Society spearheaded restoration, which was completed in 1996. It is now managed by the Canal & River Trust.
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The Plaque
RIPON CANAL & BASIN
A canal to connect Ripon to the River Ure was
first proposed in 1736 and was constructed
between 1767 and 1773 to plans by engineer
John Smeaton. Derelict by 1894 and abandoned
in 1956, the 2-mile canal was partially
restored in the 1980s and the Canal
Basin was finally reopened
in 1996.
RIPON CIVIC SOCIETY