1994

SJ4366 : Shropshire Union Canal from Greenfield Lock

taken 30 years ago, near to Littleton, Cheshire West And Chester, England

Shropshire Union Canal from Greenfield Lock
Shropshire Union Canal from Greenfield Lock
Around this point you have the road over the canal and the railway under it.
The Shropshire Union Canal

The Shropshire Union Canal (from Autherley to Nantwich) was engineered by Thomas Telford and opened in 1835. There are long straight sections of this canal which required either embankments or cuttings to avoid the need for locks. Although this was a more difficult procedure, the end route was shorter and the progress for horse drawn working boats could be maintained with (hopefully) no stoppages. The canal (formerly the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal) was opened at a time when railways were making serious inroads into the canal companies' businesses.

The current Shroppie north of Nantwich was formerly the Chester Canal, opened in 1779, and has wider locks and bridges. Boats up to nine feet in beam can still navigate this section; Telford's canal accommodates only narrowboats up to seven feet in beam.


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SJ4366, 56 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jo and Steve Turner   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 14 June, 1994   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 4 November, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 4318 6615 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:11.3634N 2:51.1099W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 4320 6613
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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