2019

SK0048 : Station waiting shelter at Consall in Staffordshire

taken 5 years ago, near to Consall, Staffordshire, England

Station waiting shelter at Consall in Staffordshire
Station waiting shelter at Consall in Staffordshire
Looking north, the Caldon Canal and Churnet Valley Railway are side by side here at Consall station south-east of Cheddleton. They are so close north of the waiting shelter that the platform overhangs the canal. The hamlet of Consall is over a mile away, to the west.

SK0048 : Consall Station, Staffordshire

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The Caldon Canal

The Caldon Branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal was completed in December 1778, and opened in 1779, specifically as a transport facility for the limestone quarries at Cauldon, near Froghall. In 1797 a secondary branch was built from the original Hazelhurst Locks to Leek. By 1811 a further extension from Froghall led to Uttoxeter, a further 13 miles, but only lasted until 1845. By 1849 a railway had been built, some of the track using the former canal bed. This was also the fate of part of the original canal near Endon.
A major rebuild and rerouting process near Endon resulted in the raising of the level, and three locks being replaced by the three chamber staircase at Hazelhurst Wood near Denford by 1800. A further major rebuild near Hazelhurst was completed by 1841. This included abandoning the troublesome staircase, and creating three single new locks on another new cut, which led to a reusing of part of the original 1778 route, which then passed under a new aqueduct to accommodate the Leek Branch. Thus Hazelhurst Junction was relocated. That is an awful lot of expensive rethinking within the short time frame of just 63 years!

Due mainly to railways taking most of the trade, the canal became little used and almost unnavigable by the early 1960s.

The canal was reopened in 1974 following enormous amounts of work instigated by the Caldon Canal Society, its volunteers, and the British Waterways Board. The current seventeen miles from Etruria to Froghall are a particularly attractive canal for cruising, despite the seventeen locks ... well that isn't too many, is it? ;-)

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SK0048, 162 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 14 September, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 0002 4896 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:2.2749N 2:0.0691W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SK 0003 4893
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