2018

SJ8416 : Shropshire Union Canal near Church Eaton in Staffordshire

taken 6 years ago, near to Church Eaton, Staffordshire, England

Shropshire Union Canal near Church Eaton in Staffordshire
Shropshire Union Canal near Church Eaton in Staffordshire
This is the canal, looking north-west towards Market Drayton and Audlem. In the distance is High Onn Bridge, No 25.
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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SJ8416, 58 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 3 June, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 16 January, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8410 1625 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:44.6182N 2:14.2177W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8417 1618
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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