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Trent and Mersey Canal

The Trent and Mersey Canal is 93·5 miles in length from Derwent Mouth to Preston Brook. The first cut was made by Josiah Wedgwood in July 1766 at Middleport (Stoke-on-Trent). The eastern section between Derwent Mouth and Shugborough (the junction with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal) was already operational by 1770 and the whole canal through to Preston Brook, where it linked with the Bridgewater Canal was open for business by 1777. James Brindley was the engineer until his death in 1772. There are seventy-six locks en route to raise and lower the water level where hills impede the course. There are four tunnels, including the famous Harecastle Tunnel near Stoke-on-Trent.
by Roger D Kidd

Created: Sat, 8 Oct 2011, Updated: Wed, 21 Mar 2012


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SK1313 : Canal approaching Fradley Junction in Staffordshire by Roger  D Kidd
SK4329 : Canal Milepost by David Lally
SJ7559 : Sheltering from the heat by Stephen Craven
SJ7957 : Canal aqueduct by Stephen Craven
SK1916 : Catholme Bridge by Graham Hogg
SK3029 : Willington Power Station cooling towers from Trent and Mersey Canal by Jo and Steve Turner
SJ6769 : Trent & Mersey Canal by Peter McDermott
SK4430 : The Clock Warehouse, London Road, Shardlow, Trent and Mersey Canal by Jo and Steve Turner
SJ9132 : Trent and Mersey Canal near Aston-by-Stone, Staffordshire by Roger  D Kidd
SJ8156 : Trent and Mersey Canal at Lawton Bottom Locks, Cheshire by Roger  D Kidd
SK1816 : Trent and Mersey Canal near Wychnor in Staffordshire by Roger  D Kidd
SK1213 : Trent and Mersey Canal near Rileyhill in Staffordshire by Roger  D Kidd
SK0319 : Trent & Mersey Canal west of bridge 68 by Stephen McKay
SK1213 : Trent and Mersey Canal west of Fradley Junction by Roger  D Kidd
SK0915 : Tuppenhurst Bridge near Handsacre, Staffordshire by Roger  D Kidd
SK1918 : The Trent & Mersey Canal at Barton Turns by Graham Hogg
SK1816 : Wychnor Bridges near Alrewas in Staffordshire by Roger  D Kidd
SJ8648 : Trent and Mersey Canal north of Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent by Roger  D Kidd
SK1715 : Towpath walkway at Alrewas Lock by Graham Hogg
SK4430 : Shardlow flood gate by Alan Murray-Rust
SK1114 : Trent and Mersey Canal west of Fradley Junction, Staffordshire by Roger  D Kidd
SJ8934 : Trent and Mersey Canal Near Stone by David Dixon
SJ8647 : Canal and Etruria Office Village, Stoke-on-Trent by Roger  D Kidd
SK3029 : Mercia Marina by David Dixon
SK1414 : Moored narrowboats near Fradley Junction in Staffordshire by Roger  D Kidd

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