2011

SJ8317 : Shropshire Union Canal near Church Eaton, Staffordshire

taken 13 years ago, near to Church Eaton, Staffordshire, England

Shropshire Union Canal near Church Eaton, Staffordshire
Shropshire Union Canal near Church Eaton, Staffordshire
This is the canal north of Park Bridge (No 27). The canal is on an embankment crossing the shallow wide valley of small brook.
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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SJ8317, 95 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 24 August, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 9 February, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 831 176 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:45.3603N 2:15.0708W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 831 174
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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