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Narrowboat Alton at High Lane on its regular run along the Macclesfield Canal with supplies for boatowners. Diesel was a bit cheaper in 2009.

The Macclesfield Canal has a long history of boathouses for storing pleasure boats when not in use. Those on the main line have been removed over the years, but there were, until recently, plenty to be seen along the High Lane arm which is used by the North Cheshire Cruising Club as a base. Sadly the move to larger steel boats has rendered these relics redundant and most have now been removed.

High Lane Colliery was established by Joseph Wright after the closure of Norbury Colliery in 1892. I believe that Wright was at one time the Secretary of the Norbury Colliery for Messrs Clayton and Brooke. In 1907 the Great Central Railway granted Wright permission to drive an adit to the New (Accommodation) Seam from the bank of the High Lane Canal Branch. This ran under the cricket club and subsequently under the Buxton branch railway for which the LNWR gave permission for a heading 4ft square under its property. Wright wasted no time in getting to work and these workings started production of coal on January 1st 1908. From Jan 1st to June 30th 1908 the output was 614t 19cwt 0qr @ 6d per ton royalty to the Legh estate at Lyme Hall = £15 17s 6d. He laid down a tramway from the mine entrance along teh towpath to the old abandoned Norbury Colliery canal branch and filled it with spoil from driving the tunnel. The mine closed in 1917 and Joseph Wright retired. The photo shows the view from the towpath bridge over the canal branch. The remains of Wright's mine entrance can be seen just left of centre next to a leaning tree. The timber lintel over the entrance survives and can be clearly seen.

Decay sets in at a boathouse on the High Lane canal arm.

The electrical wire and cable firm W.T. Glover was founded in 1868, with premises at the Bridgewater Street Iron Works in Salford. The founder, Walter T. Glover saw the potential for applying this technology to the electric cable industry and formed the Salford Electrical Wire Works, in association with the Bridgewater Street Iron Works. The company made cotton-covered and braided, insulated copper wires for use on bell, signalling and telephone circuits. Glover's then began to make and sell the associated cable-making machinery. As trade expanded the company required more space and in 1880 opened the Springfield Lane Cable Works. In 1898 Glover's became a limited company and moved to Trafford Park. It secured the exclusive rights for the supply of electricity to all the roads, streets and premises of Trafford Park. In June 1919, Glover’s were taken over by Vickers Ltd. Although Vickers held the majority of the shares, Glover's kept its name and management. In 1929 the Vickers group was reorganised and the shares in Glover’s were secured by Sir Tom Callendar of Callendar Cable and Construction Co. Some shares later went to W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Ltd. and British Insulated Cables. The Trafford Park factory was closed in 1970, but the Glover brand continued as part of BICC. This electrical cabinet is on Waterloo Road off High Lane and was manufactured by the Glover company which placed its name and winged cable logo at the top of the door. Also on the door are the initials representing Hazel Grove & Bramhall Urban District Council lighting department. More on W. T. Glover at www.mosi.org.uk/media/33870648/w.t.gloverandco.ltd.pdf Images of the works and contracts albeit with some rather dubious captions. www.historypin.org/attach/uid39365/tours/view/id/3185/title/WT%20Glovers%20in%20Trafford%20Park

Winter has overwhelmed a Macclesfield bound train just north of High Lane during the winter of 1947. The cab of the locomotive seems to be well filled with snow.

The Macclesfield Canal has a long history of boathouses for storing pleasure boats when not in use. Those on the main line have been removed over the years, but there are still plenty to be seen along the High Lane arm which is used by the North Cheshire Cruising Club as a base.