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Looking in the direction of Great Bridge itself, an old bridge still hangs on amongst the modern touches. What looks like wild foul in the water are indeed the typical quarries for the area; trash. Lots of trash.
The Delaware Canal Towpath extends 60 miles, from the north in Easton, PA, to the south in Bristol. Trucks put the mule barges out of business in the 40's. Now the Towpath belongs to the Park Department of Pennsylvania. Bikers and walkers love it!
Trail Count / Outreach station.
At Carnegie Lake near Princeton where the Canal goes over the Millstone River via an aqueduct.
This was where the actual towpath south of Lock 4 is...the path you walk on today is the Grand Illinois Trail...between Lockport and the DesPlaines river the towpath ran on the west side of the canal
Seen from the towpath of the Trent & Mersey Canal at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, The Potteries, Staffordshire, The Midlands.
The construction of the Cromford Canal in Derbyshire by William Jessop and Benjamin Outram was completed in 1794. It is 14.5 miles long and joined Cromford with the Erewash Canal at Langley Mill. The area the canal runs through has a wealth of industrial heritage and lies in the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage site.
The canal is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its entire length from Cromford to Ambergate. The 3.3km southern section from Whatstandwell Bridge to Ambergate is also a Local Nature Reserve. The canal is a haven for water vole, a threatened and declining species, and for grass snakes, little grebes, moorhen and coots. The southern end towards Poyser's Bridge is excellent for dragonflies. The canal also contains fish such as Pike and Perch.
The Nature Reserve can be accessed from the north end at Whatstandwell or at the southern end from Ambergate by a towpath off Chase Road. The old towing path which follows the canal is a public footpath popular with walkers and mountain bikers alike. The Cromford Canal was last used as a working waterway in 1944.
I encountered this colony of geese right at the northern end of the towpath trail - actually right at the northern end of where the canal is watered (it's to the left). It's a few miles into the trail. The two adults in the path stayed there (and path users had to steer around). They also hissed if someone went to slow. The geese were generally pretty calm around people, but not too calm.
Continued practice from Kim Klassen's Beyond Layers e-Course. Texture used: Kim's pumpkingrunge.
The past does not have to be your prison. You have a say in your life. You have a choice in the path you take.
- M. Lucado
Ira Road Trailhead, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, near Akron, Summit County, Ohio
Part of my 58 mile ride a few days ago. The towpath is such a great way to see so much nature and wildlife!
Quite a good turnout for these Barges that have made it from all parts of the country, using the various canal networks to get here to the IWA Campaign Festival at Chester.