Canal Cuttings - the SCARS Newsletter
Volume 5, Number 9 - Summer 2004
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Map of the Sankey Canal

Above: The site of Clare and Ridgeway's boatyard at Sankey Bridges, sadly deserted in 1957. Here boats were launched dramatically sideways into the Sankey. The Eustace Carey, a representation of which is used as the SCARS' logo, was launched here in 190 Above 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 Sailing flats were built at Fiddlers Ferry from 1859 to 1880, on the site of the closed 1762 lock. Above: The Canal is a major feature of the proposed Eastside regeneration scheme for St. Helens' Town Centre. The canal has already been restored east of Corporation Street. Boat trips in the centre of town might not be too far away! Below left: Graffiti mars Stephenson's massive railway viaduct at Earlestown . Still visible are the pivots for the roller which saved the haulage ropes from wearing, and cutting through the masonry. (Upper) Newton Common Lock and Lock Cottage at Earlestown, with the famous railway viaduct behind, is a regular Work Party site. As with our work at Hulme Lock, we hope to enable visitors to gain a clearer idea of the lay-out of the site by exposing both The Sankey Canal Restoration Society was formed in 1985. Monthly Work Parties carry out restoration and archaeological tasks along the Canal. Below: SCARS Work Parties began the clearing out the New Double Lock, our first restoration project, and St. Hel 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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