Canal Cuttings - the SCARS Newsletter
Volume 5, Number 11 - Spring 2005
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Map of the Sankey

As the Widnes-Runcorn bridge is being built in the background, a lengthy goods train trails across the swing bridge over the Sankey from Spike Island. The canal may be seen coming in from the left. Left: In WWI 1000 ton barges were built from pre-cast sections on the site of one of the Sankey's Fiddlers Ferry locks. Above: The swing bridge at Sankey Bridges was also frequently photographed by the railway buffs. Perhaps we'll see some of their pictures as entries in our photo competition. Left: The 1830 Seal of Sankey's Proprietors. We assume there was also an original seal dating from the Company's formation in 1754, and would welcome hearing from anyone who may have caught sight of it. Above: Many railway enthusiasts will have the Sankey Canal featuring in their shots of trains on the West Coast Main Line, from where it begins to run alongside it from Winwick Junction (above), past Winwick & Hulme Locks to Dallam. Above: Pocket Nook Railway Swing Bridge - one of a number in St Helens. Long gone, its base is still visible alongside the restored section between Standish Street and Corporation Street. Left: The Ship Inn and a row of cottages used to stand just north of Newton Common Lock at Penkford Above: Harry Arnold's 1960 picture of worn-out Mersey flats north of the Earlestown Viaduct. Their remains were buried there when the section was infilled in the 1970s. Left: The Hotties Status of the Waterway - Dotted line: in water, not navigable, or infilled, but able to be restored. Solid line: a diversion is necessary to complete restoration

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