Don't be Discouraged, Heartbreak hill doesn't refer to steep climb
but is a nickname given to the cheshire locks by boaters.
Heartbreak hill is a flight of 26 locks spread out over 7 miles
dropping the canal from harecastle tunnel and the summit of the
canal onto the cheshire plain
The locks were opened in 1777, but the traffic using the canal
got so great that the canal company appointed the engineer Thomas
Telford to improve the navigation in 1830, an additional tunnel at
harecastle was built and all the 26 locks of the cheshire locks
were duplicated except for the two Pierpoint locks, why these 2
were not duplicated is not now known. I assume that the money ran
out
Pool Aqueduct carries the macclesfield canal across the trent and
mersey canal below the tail of pool lock No.42. The maccelsfield
canal joins the T&M at hardings wood junction on the summit
pound of the T&M further up the flight of locks. This is one of
the rare times when a canal crosses a canal.
The Aqueduct is a very sturdy structure that seems weighed down by
its responsibility. Climb the steps to get a good view of the
T&M and the duplicated locks.
