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Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.
Description:
This branch runs one furlong from the Shropshire Union Main Line to the River DeeHistory:
Authorised by the Chester Canal Act of 1 April 1772.Points of Interest:
Notice is required to navigate on to the Dee, which is only possible at high tide.Waterway Group:
This waterway is part of the Shropshire Union CanalNavigation Authority:
Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Northern Waterways, General Manager: Wales & Border Counties Waterways, Navigation Road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1BH: Telephone 01606 723800 : Fax 01606 871471 :Related Books
The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969
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Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions:
Length 72 foot, beam 14 foot 9 inches. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page
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Shropshire Union Dee Branch: Table of distances |
Miles |
Locks |
Navigable (N) |
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Junction with Shropshire Union Main Line |
0.0 |
0 |
N |
SJ399667 |
117 |
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Dee Locks and River Junction |
Navigable by prior arrangement at high tide |
.1 |
3 |
D |
SJ398665 |
117 |
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NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.
Description:
Runs 10 miles from Barbridge Junction, where it joins the Shropshire Union Main Line, to Wardle Lock, Middlewich, where it joins the Trent & Mersey CanalHistory:
Promoted By Act of 1827. The last 20 yards of the canal, including Wardle Lock, was once part of the Trent & Mersey, known as the Wardle Lock Branch, or Wardle Canal.Waterway Group:
This waterway is part of the Shropshire Union CanalNavigation Authority:
Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Northern Waterways, General Manager: Wales & Border Counties Waterways, Navigation Road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1BH: Telephone 01606 723800 : Fax 01606 871471 :
Minshull Lock, Middlewich Branch
Related Books
Pearson's Canal and River Companion: Four Counties Ring and Trent and Mersey by Michael Pearson , ISBN 0907864686 :72 pages, Published by J M Pearson & Son 1995 Order now from The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969
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Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions:
Length 70 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page
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Shropshire Union - Middlewich Branch: Table of distances |
Miles |
Locks |
Navigable (N) |
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Junction with Shropshire Union Main Line |
0.0 |
0 |
N |
SJ613570 |
118 |
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Cholmondeston Lock No 1 |
Cholmondeston Bridge No 5 |
1.4 |
1 |
N |
SJ633576 |
118 |
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Brickyard Bridge No 6 |
Egerton's Bridge |
2.9 |
1 |
N |
SJ648584 |
118 |
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Minshull Lock No 2 |
3.0 |
2 |
N |
SJ654585 |
118 |
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River Weaver Aqueduct |
3.8 |
2 |
N |
SJ664589 |
118 |
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Minshull Mill Bridge No 14 |
Church Minshull a quarter of a mile west |
4.9 |
2 |
N |
SJ671606 |
118 |
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Wimboldsley Bridge No 21 |
7.0 |
2 |
N |
SJ677633 |
118 |
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Clive Green Bridge No 24 |
8.0 |
2 |
N |
SJ681650 |
118 |
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Stanthorne Lock No 3 |
Stanthorne Bridge No 27 |
9.1 |
3 |
N |
SJ692657 |
118 |
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Junction with Trent and Mersey Canal |
10.0 |
4 |
N |
SJ706657 |
118 |
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NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.
Description:
Runs 3¾ miles, from Whixall Moss Roving Bridge, where it joins the Llangollen Canal, to Quina Brook. Only the first half a mile is now navigable.Waterway Group:
This waterway is part of the Shropshire Union CanalNavigation Authority:
Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Northern Waterways, General Manager: Wales & Border Counties Waterways, Navigation Road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1BH: Telephone 01606 723800 : Fax 01606 871471 :Related Books
The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969
Related External Web Sites
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Shropshire Union Prees Branch: Table of distances |
Miles |
Locks |
Navigable (N) |
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Junction with Shropshire Union - Llangollen Canal |
0.0 |
0 |
N |
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Black Prince Marina |
Boatyard |
.5 |
0 |
N |
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Boodles Bridge |
Waterloo |
1.6 |
0 |
U |
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Sydney Bridge |
Edstaston |
3.0 |
0 |
U |
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Quina Brook |
3.8 |
0 |
U |
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NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.
Description:
A proposed canal running from Salford past Eccles, Worsley and Leigh to within half a mile of Wigan.History:
Was surveyed in 1753, a Bill went before parliament in 1754 but was defeated by the opposition of landowners and others.
Description:
Schemes for canal links from Scarborough and Whitby to the River Derwent. No navigations to either town were built.History:
Proposals were being made in 1793 and 1794.
Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.