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The Thanet Canal is a short branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal which leaves the main canal in Skipton and runs to some loading wharfs near Skipton Castle which were used to load limestone from local quarries into boats for onward shipment. It was opened in 1773 and extended in 1794. It is sometimes called the Springs Branch.

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company
Sackville Tufton 8th Earl of Thanet
end point
Skipton
has junction with
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
start point
Skipton Castle
latitude
53.961
longitude
-2.016

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