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The last canal of the commercial age, dating from 1905, the New Junction Canal is still used for its original purpose of carrying freight.
The New Junction Canal opened in 1905 and is 5.5 miles long. It lives in our Yorkshire & North East region, and runs through flat, sparsely populated countryside, from the Aire & Calder Navigation to the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation.
Leisure boaters can enjoy its rural surroundings and interesting bridges and aqueducts. For example, the aqueduct over the River Don has guillotine gates at either end.
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