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To: St Helen, Warrington and Halton councils
Restore and protect the Sankey canal
With the impending closure of fiddlers ferry power station the in water stretch from Warrington through Widnes is now under threat as it is currently kept in water by the power station, we ask that the three boroughs through which the canal passes take action to restore the canal and reconect the original water supply to protect this valuable historic resource for future generations
Why is this important?
The Sankey canal is the first canal in modern industrial England accepted as the birthplace of the industrial revolution, it has the first 2 lock flights, it's crossed by the first passenger railway over one of the first viaducts, currently most of the Sankey is in dereliction indeed In filled, it still has its locks (some requiring rebuild), a viable water supply and its original reservoir, The Sankey canal is one of the most historically important canals in Britain.
