ABSTRACT
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal gained enthusiastic support at a meeting in Huddersfield on 30 May 1793, when £150,000 was promised of a total of £200,000 required for the project. Temporary officers appointed included Worthington and Battye, Clerks, Nicholas Brown, Surveyor, and "Mr. Jessop if at liberty, Engineer". After the Act of 1794 14 became law, the Huddersfield Canal Company was formally established, and George Worthington, Solicitor, of Altrincham was appointed Clerk to the Company assisted by John Battye to manage daily affairs. The final costs of the canal project were quoted as £396.267 but in view of modifications and repairs carried out during the following year it is more correct to include for this maintenance period; thus total costs were £402.653. The cost of the Standedge Tunnel was £123,804 or £22.12s per yard compared with the original estimate of £9 per yard.
