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The Dearne and Dove Canal ran for almost ten miles through South Yorkshire England from Swinton to Barnsley through nineteen locks rising 127 feet (39 m). The canal also had two short branches the Worsbrough branch and the Elsecar branch both about two miles long with reservoirs at the head of each. The Elsecar branch also has another six locks. The only tunnel was bypassed by a cutting in 1840.The canal was created mainly to carry cargo from the extensive coal mining industry in the area.
