Beat Bank Branch Canal

Beat Bank Branch Canal
Specifications
Statusabandoned before completion
History
Original ownerAshton Canal Company
Date of act1793
Date closed1798
Geography
Start pointBeat Bank, Denton
End pointSouth Reddish
Connects toStockport Branch Canal
Beat Bank Branch Canal
Beat Bank Collieries
6
Section not started
5
Section built but not watered
Bridge
Site for proposed reservoir
4
Section not started
3
Section built but not watered
Tunnel (not built)
2
Section not started
1
Section built and watered
Jn with Stockport Branch Canal

The Beat Bank Branch Canal was an abortive canal near Manchester, England. It was to leave the Stockport Branch Canal in South Reddish and it was to be lock free but with a short tunnel. It was to follow the contour above the right bank of the River Tame, firstly in a northerly direction and then easterly as it followed the meandering course of the river upstream. It was to terminate at or near to the coalmining hamlet of Beat Bank in Denton where it could also secure supplies of coal from nearby mines at Haughton Green.