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Halifax Antiquarian Society Lecture – John Smeaton & the Calder Navigation
Event description
7.30pm
John Smeaton and the Calder Navigation – Lecture by Lesley Taylor & Shirley Levon, researchers and authors
John Smeaton was employed by the Calder Navigation Commissioners based in Halifax to superintend and construct a navigation beyond Wakefield up the Calder valley. This talk will reveal the many difficulties encountered in launching the project and starting the work as recorded in a range of source materials, including Smeaton’s detailed journal for the years 1760 to 1763
Meetings are held in the Halifax Room, Calderdale Industrial Museum, Square Road, Halifax HX1 1Q
Admission
Non-member attendees are welcome, they are asked to contribute a donation of £3.00 per lecture.
Please enquire about becoming a member!
Accessibility Information;
- Access is to the side of the Museum via our newly-installed ramp and stairs.
- Internally there are stairs and a lift to all floors.
- Disabled Parking is available by prior request.
Event details
- This event is at Calderdale Industrial Museum
- Tickets are £Free – 3
- This event runs from 21 Feb 2023 - 21 Feb 2023.
- www.halifaxhistory.org.uk/
