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Huddersfield Broad Canal - Definition and Overview

The Huddersfield Broad Canal runs for 3 3/4 miles between Cooper Bridge where it meets the Calder and Hebble Navigation, and Huddersfield where it meets the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

It was originally called the Ramsden Canal as it was built by the Ramsden family of Huddersfield. It was completed by 1780.

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