Greasbrough Canal

Greasbrough Canal
The canal above the A633 culvert
Specifications
Locks	4
Status	part extant
History
Date of act	Privately built
Date of first use	1780
Date closed	1918
Geography
Start point	Greasbrough
End point	Rotherham
Connects to	River Don Navigation

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Legend
Cinder Bridge wharf 1 Lock 2 Lock 3 Lock 4 Lock Lime kilns Newbiggin branch Parkgate Iron Works Railway swing bridge Original main line Boat building yard Coal wharf Sheffield and Rotherham Railway Parkgate (now A633) MSLR railway swing bridge Towpath swing bridge R Don Eastwood Cut

The Greasbrough Canal was a private canal built by the Marquess of Rockingham to serve his coal mining interests in and around the village of Greasbrough, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1780, and the Newbiggin branch was built some time later. The main line to Greasbrough closed in 1840 with the coming of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, and the canal ceased to carry commercial traffic during the First World War. Most of it has been filled in, but a small section near the River Don Navigation remains in water.