from the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company in 1895. 1891The Aire and Calder Canal company obtain an Act of Parliament to authorise construction of the New Junction Canal. However, the project was to be jointly funded and owned by the newly formed Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, and could not start until they had obtained their waterways from the railway company. The construction did not therefore start until after 1 March 1895. 1905The New Junction Canal is completed thus also completing the Yorkshire Ring. 1934The ring is broken again by the closure of the central section of the Dearne and Dove Canal, as a result of problems caused by mining subsidence. 1953The Barnsley Canal is officially closed 1961The Dearne and Dove Canal is also closed 1984There is possibility of the complete ring being resurrected by the Barnsley Canal Group which has been formed with the intention of restoring the Barnsley and Dearne & Dove Canals. Points of interest See also Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system Bibliography References Canals in South Yorkshire Canals in West Yorkshire Canal rings in the United Kingdom