2005

SJ6542 : Milepost, Lock 5, Audlem

taken 18 years ago, near to Coxbank, Cheshire East, England

Milepost, Lock 5, Audlem
Milepost, Lock 5, Audlem
This section of the Shropshire Union Canal was built as the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal and the milestone charts distances to the two ends of that canal; Norbury Junction, the approximate halfway point, was the junction for the branch to Wappenshall and onwards into the Shropshire tub-boat system.
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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SJ6542, 247 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Christopher Hilton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 23 October, 2005   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 5 January, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 659 424 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:58.6929N 2:30.5400W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 658 424
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