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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.
