Editing Cheshire (section)

===Waterways===
{{Main|Canals in Cheshire}}
[[File:Anderton Boat Lift (30187739816).jpg|thumb|[[Anderton Boat Lift]] in October 2016]]
[[Canals in Cheshire|The Cheshire canal system]] includes several [[canal]]s originally used to transport the county's industrial products (mostly chemicals). Nowadays they are mainly used for tourist traffic. The [[Cheshire Ring]] is formed from the [[Rochdale Canal|Rochdale]], [[Ashton Canal|Ashton]], [[Peak Forest Canal|Peak Forest]], [[Macclesfield Canal|Macclesfield]], [[Trent and Mersey Canal|Trent and Mersey]] and [[Bridgewater Canal|Bridgewater]] canals.

The [[Manchester Ship Canal]] is a wide, {{convert|36|mi|km|0|adj=on}} stretch of water opened in 1894. It consists of the rivers [[River Irwell|Irwell]] and [[River Mersey|Mersey]] made navigable to Manchester for seagoing ships leaving the Mersey estuary. The canal passes through the north of the county via Runcorn and Warrington. Rivers and canals in the county are:
{|
|width=60%|
* [[River Bollin]]
* [[River Croco]]
* [[River Dane]]
* [[River Dean]]
* [[River Dee (Wales)|River Dee / Afon Dyfrdwy]]
* [[River Gowy]]
* [[River Goyt]]
* [[River Mersey]]
* [[River Weaver|River Weaver and Weaver Navigation]]
* [[River Wheelock]]
|
* [[Bridgewater Canal]]
* [[Macclesfield Canal]]
* [[Manchester Ship Canal]]
* [[Shropshire Union Canal]] and the [[Llangollen Canal|Llangollen branch]]
* [[Trent and Mersey Canal]]
|}