Editing Rudyard, Staffordshire (section)

==Rudyard Lake==
[[Image:Reflectionrudyard.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Rudyard Lake]]]]
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The [[Rudyard Lake]] was built in 1797 by the [[engineer]] [[John Rennie (engineer)|John Rennie]], for the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] company, to provide water for the [[Caldon Canal]]. The [[Rudyard Lake Steam Railway]] operates [[steam train]]s along a one and a half mile track along the eastern side of the lake. The western shore is part of the [[Staffordshire Way]], a [[long distance footpath]].

The lakeside resort developed after the construction of the [[North Staffordshire Railway]] in 1845. On one particular day in 1877, more than 20,000 people came to watch [[Matthew Webb|Captain Webb]] - the first man to swim the [[English Channel]] - swim the reservoir. The parents of [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[John Lockwood Kipling]] and [[MacDonald sisters|Alice Macdonald]] first met at Rudyard and named their son after the village.<ref name=brit>[https://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O69187 Drawing by John Lockwood Kipling, and Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421064925/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O69187 |date=2009-04-21 }} ''[[Victoria & Albert Museum]]''.</ref> The lake is also home to Rudyard Lake Sailing Club and the [[Rudyard Lake Steam Railway]].