2017

SJ6760 : Middlewich Branch Canal near Church Minshull

taken 6 years ago, near to Church Minshull, Cheshire East, England

Middlewich Branch Canal near Church Minshull
Middlewich Branch Canal near Church Minshull
Looking towards Eardswick Hall Bridge early on an autumn morning.
Shropshire Union Middlewich Branch

By act of 1827 the Chester Canal Middlewich Branch runs 10 miles with 3 locks from Barbridge Junction (Shropshire Union Main Line) to Wardle Lock, Middlewich, where it joins the Trent & Mersey Canal. The canal became part of the Shropshire Union system in 1846 that was taken over by the London and North Western Railway within a year. The Trent and Mersey insisted that there should be no direct connection at Middlewich, and instead built the short Wardle Canal and lock to join the two, charging large compensation tolls for traffic passing along it. The canal was the location for trials with locomotive haulage of boats in 1888, using a narrow-gauge engine from Crewe railway works, but no further action was taken.


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Geographical Context: Canals Primary Subject: Canal other tags: Canal Bridge Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Near Church Minshull [9] · Eardswick Hall Bridge [7] · Early [3] · Looking [3] Title Clusters: · Middlewich Branch Canal near Church Minshull [3] ·
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SJ6760, 35 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Stephen McKay   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 6 November, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 13 November, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 6711 6025 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:8.3028N 2:29.5862W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 6712 6031
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