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  • WIGAN CANAL reopens to boats after water main burst

    WIGAN CANAL reopens to boats after water main burst

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    Web Editor

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    BOATS have returned to cruising the seven-mile length of the Leigh Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Wigan following its closure due to a burst water main back in August. Engineers at the Canal & River Trust worked with United Utilities, which owns the water main, to carry out a bespoke repair to the canal bank between Poolstock Lock and Bamfurlong…

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