Navigation River Don, Yorkshire

navigation sheffield made possible construction of weirs, locks , canal cuttings avoid circuitous , unnavigable sections of don downstream of tinsley, , canal tinsley sheffield. first serious attempts @ improvements authorised act of parliament obtained in 1726 sheffield s company of cutlers make river navigable holmstile in doncaster tinsley, on edge of sheffield, , obtained corporation of doncaster in 1727 improve river below holmstile, far wilsick house in barnby dun. act of 1733 created company of proprietors of navigation of river don , , authorised further cuts above rotherham, while further bill of 1740 sought powers improve river barnby dun fishlake ferry, avoid shallows @ stainforth , bramwith. river navigable rotherham in 1740, , tinsley 1751.

stainforth connected river trent opening on stainforth , keadby canal in 1802 , aire , calder navigation new junction canal, opened in 1905. there plans use compartment boats carry coal on navigation, although locks lengthened around 1910, long sandall lock not, , not until 1959 extended 215 22 feet (65.5 6.7 m) , trains of 17 compartment boats work through doncaster. navigation subject of 1 of last major attempts in uk attract commercial freight waterways. in 1983, upgraded 700-tonne eurobarge standard deepening channels , enlarging locks far rotherham. expected rise in freight traffic did not occur, however.

the cuts , navigable river sections, stainforth , keadby , new junction canals constitute sheffield , south yorkshire navigation. locks on bramwith rotherham section can accommodate boats 230 20 feet (70.1 6.1 m), above that, boats restricted 56 15 feet (17.1 4.6 m) short rotherham lock.