2012

SJ6353 : Fog on the Shroppie near Nantwich, Cheshire

taken 11 years ago, near to Acton, Cheshire East, England

Fog on the Shroppie near Nantwich, Cheshire
Fog on the Shroppie near Nantwich, Cheshire
This is the Shropshire Union Canal, looking east-south-east towards Nantwich Basin, about two hundred metres ahead. A marina is off to the right.
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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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Near Nantwich [18] · Looking along the Shropshire Union Canal [9] · Nantwich Basin [3] ·
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SJ6353, 129 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 21 October, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 25 August, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 6376 5307 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:4.4174N 2:32.5419W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 6369 5309
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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