The Shrewsbury Canal (or Shrewsbury and Newport Canal) was a canal in Shropshire, England. Canals are artificial channels for water There are two types of canals water conveyance canals which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water and Waterways Shropshire (ˈʃrɒpʃɪə/ /-ʃə alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated in print only Shrops, is a county in the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Dating back to 1793, it was officially abandoned in 1944; many sections have disappeared, though some bridges and other structures can still be found. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A bridge is a Structure built to span a Gorge, Valley, Road, railroad track, River, Body of water

Contents 1 History 2 Decline 3 Restoration 4 Route 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

History

From 1768 several small canals were built in the area of what is now Telford. Telford ( ˈtɛlfɚd is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, These canals carried tub boats. Tub boats were a type of unpowered cargo boat used on a number of the early English and German canals By 1792 this had been expanded to a network extending to Coalbrookdale and Coalport. Coalbrookdale is a side valley of the Ironbridge Gorge in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England Coalport is a village in Shropshire, now part of the New town of Telford. In 1793 an Act of Parliament was authorised to create a canal to link the town of Shrewsbury with the east Shropshire canal network serving coal mines and ironworks around Oakengates, Ketley, Donnington Wood and Trench, nowadays part of the new town of Telford. Shrewsbury ( /ˈʃruːzbri/ or /ˈʃroʊzbri/ is the County town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Oakengates is a Town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, and now forms part of the Ketley is a suburb of the new town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and Ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Donnington Wood is part of the new town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England Trench is a suburb of the New town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and Ceremonial county of Shropshire, England This canal became the Shrewsbury Canal.

Josiah Clowes was appointed Chief Engineer, but died in 1795 part way through construction. Josiah Clowes (1735 - 1794 was a noted Civil engineer and Canal builder Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a He was succeeded by Thomas Telford, then just establishing himself as Shropshire's County Surveyor and already engaged on the Ellesmere Canal slightly further north. Thomas Telford (9 August 1757 - 2 September 1834 was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. The Ellesmere Canal was a canal in England and Wales, originally planned to link the Rivers Mersey, Dee, and Severn, by running from The Ellesmere Canal was originally intended to connect Chester with Shrewsbury, but never reached the latter - it became the modern Llangollen Canal and Montgomery Canal. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Shrewsbury ( /ˈʃruːzbri/ or /ˈʃroʊzbri/ is the County town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England The Llangollen Canal is a Canal in England and Wales. What is today known as the Llangollen Canal was originally the centre section of the The Montgomery

One of Telford's first tasks was to rebuild a stone aqueduct over the River Tern at Longdon-on-Tern which had been swept away by floods in February 1795. An aqueduct is an artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another For the bird see River Tern (bird The River Tern (also historically known as the Tearne) is a river in Shropshire, Longdon-on-Tern (also known as Longdon-upon-Tern or colloquially Longdon) is a village in east central Shropshire, England, situated approximately Telford's stone-mason instincts initially led him to consider replacing the original structure with another stone-built aqueduct, but the heavy involvement of iron-masters in the Shrewsbury Canal Company, notably William Reynolds, led him to reconsider. William Reynolds may refer to William Reynolds (theologian (1544-1594 or Reginaldus English Catholic biblical translator and scholar William Instead, it was rebuilt using a 62-yard cast iron trough cast in sections at Reynolds' Ketley ironworks and bolted together in 1796. Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but identifies a large group of Ferrous Alloys which solidify with a Eutectic. The aqueduct was the world's first large-scale iron navigable aqueduct, though it was narrowly predated by a much smaller 44ft-long structure on the Derby Canal built by Benjamin Outram. The Derby Canal ran 14 miles (23 km from the Trent and Mersey Canal at Swarkestone to Derby and Little Eaton, and to the Erewash Canal Benjamin Outram ( 1 April 1764 - 22 May 1805) was an English Civil engineer, surveyor and industrialist The aqueduct still stands today, though it is isolated in the middle of a field. This successful use of an iron trough to contain the water of a navigable aqueduct casts the Tern aqueduct in the role of Telford's prototype for the much longer Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal, where he mounted the iron trough on high masonry arches. The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct ˌpɔntkəˈsʌɬtɛ (and approximately pronounced "pont-kuss-uth-tay" is a navigable Aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal

The Shrewsbury Canal was finally finished in 1797, being 17 miles (27 km) long, with 11 locks. At Trench an inclined plane was built, which was 223 yards long and raised boats 75 feet up to the Wombridge Canal. An inclined plane is a system used on some Canals for raising boats between different water levels From the Wombridge Canal, boats could travel via the Shropshire Canal southwards to the River Severn at Coalport. The Shropshire Canal was a Tub boat canal built to supply coal ore and limestone to the industrial region of east Shropshire, England that adjoined the River For other rivers named "Severn" see Severn River. The River Severn ( Welsh: Afon Hafren, Latin Coalport is a village in Shropshire, now part of the New town of Telford.

The canal was originally built as a narrow canal intended for horse-drawn trains of 20ft-long tub boats no wider than 6ft 4inches. However, in preparation for the Newport branch of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal to Wappenshall the section from there to Shrewsbury was surveyed in 1831 and subsequently widened to take standard narrow boats. Newport is a Market town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, some north of The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal was a canal in England which ran from Nantwich where it joined the Chester Canal, to Autherley where it joined the This heralded the canal's most profitable period, though it was short-lived.

The Shrewsbury Canal operated isolated from the rest of the national network until 1835, when the Newport Branch was built. This was built as part of the Birmingham & Liverpool Junction Canal, and linked Norbury Junction with the Shrewsbury Canal at Wappenshall Junction. Norbury Junction (Grid Ref SJ 793228 lies about one mile to the north-west of Norbury, Staffordshire, England, UK. Wappenshall Junction ( is a canal junction located at Wappenshall, Shropshire.

In 1844 the Humber Arm was constructed. This short branch ran to Lubstree Wharf, which was owned by the Duke of Sutherland. Tramways ran from the end of the branch to various works owned by the Lilleshall Company, who shipped cargoes of pig iron, coal and limestone for use as a flux in the production of iron. The wharf was leased to the Shropshire Union Railways & Canal Co. in 1870, by the third Duke of Sutherland, and closed in 1922 by the fifth Duke. ^[1]

Decline

In 1846, the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company bought most of the east Shropshire canal network, including the Shrewsbury Canal. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company was a Company in England, formed in 1846 which managed several canals and a railway The London and North Western Railway Company (LNWR) took control shortly afterwards and allowed the canal to decline. The London and North Western Railway (LNWR L&NWR was a Railway company of the United Kingdom which existed between 1846 and 1922 In 1922, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway took over the canal and the basin in Shrewsbury was closed. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. London Midland for the new (2007 railway company The London Midland and Scottish Railway ( LMS) was a British Railway company The LMS finally abandoned the canal network in 1944. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Restoration

Of all the canals that formed part of the Shropshire Union Canal system, the Shrewsbury Canal is the only one which has no part open or under restoration. The Shropshire Union Canal is a navigable Canal in England; the Llangollen and Montgomery canals are the modern names of branches of the SU system The Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust was created in 2000 to preserve and restore the waterway. The Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust is a Waterway society and a Registered charity which exists to promote the Restoration of the Shrewsbury Canal

In 2008 the trust agreed a deal in principle to purchase warehouses at Wappenshall Junction, with a view to converting them into a canal museum, heritage centre, cafe and headquarters.

Today the short stretch of canal to the first lock is used as moorings, while the lock itself is used as a dry-dock.

Route

Shrewsbury and Newport Canal

legend Shropshire Union Canal Norbury Locks (5) 3 Maltshovel Bridge Norbury Locks (2) 4 Oulton Bridge Forton Locks (5) 5 Maltshover Bridge Forton Locks (2) 6 Oulton Bridge Forton Locks (3) River Meese aqueduct 10 Skew Bridge 11 A41 Meretown Bridge Meretown Lock Strine Brook aqueduct Fisher's Lock Newport Town Lock 14 A519 Newport Bridge Tickethouse Lock Polly's Lock Edgmond Lock 18 Edgmond Bridge Strine Brook aqueduct 24 Buttery Bridge Kinnersley Drive Humber Branch Humber Brook aqueduct Crow Brook aqueduct Wombridge Canal Inclined Plane Trench Pool Trench locks (9) Wappenshall Junction Eyton Upper Lock Eyton Lower Lock A442 Sleapford Bridge Longdon aqueduct wharf B5063 Bridge River Roden aqueduct Withington wharf Shrewsbury Railway A5 culvert Berwick wharf Berwick tunnel (970 yd) A5 culvert Shrewsbury Railway A49 bridge Sundorne wharf B5062 Sundone Road A5112 Telford Way Factory Basin Shrewsbury Basin

The canal wended its way first to Wappenshall before meandering north-west over the River Tern at Longdon-on-Tern, through Withington, and Uffington towards Shrewsbury where it terminated at a basin adjacent to the Buttermarket building. The Shropshire Union Canal is a navigable Canal in England; the Llangollen and Montgomery canals are the modern names of branches of the SU system For the bird see River Tern (bird The River Tern (also historically known as the Tearne) is a river in Shropshire, Longdon-on-Tern (also known as Longdon-upon-Tern or colloquially Longdon) is a village in east central Shropshire, England, situated approximately Withington is a suburban area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. Uffington is a village in the English county of Shropshire. It lies between Haughmond Hill and the River Severn, 3 miles east from This canal incorporated the 970 yard Berwick Tunnel. Berwick Tunnel is a Canal Tunnel located on the Shrewsbury Canal, Shropshire, England, UK. At the time this was the longest canal tunnel in Britain, and the first equipped with a towpath through it. A towpath is a Road or Trail on the bank of a River, Canal, or other inland waterway

References

See also

• Canals of Great Britain
• History of the British canal system

External links

• Canal Trust - which aims to restore the canal
• A Collection of Photographs from the 1970s

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