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The Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was completed in 1781.
| Length | 7.25 miles |
| Locks | 8 |
| Length | 18.89m 62ft |
| Width | 4.3m 14ft 1" |
| Draught | 1.1m 3ft 7" |
| Headroom | 2.3m 7ft 6" |
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The branch links Burscough to the River Douglas at Tarleton.
The Rufford Branch between Rufford and Sollom was built by the Douglas Navigation around 1760. Seven years after the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was completed, a branch from Burscough to Rufford opened in 1781. The final section, from Sollom to Tarleton, opened in 1805 as part of the Croston Drainage improvements.
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