Shropshire Union Canal north of Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire
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Shropshire Union Canal north of Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 20 May 2009
Engineered by Thomas Telford. 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 speed for horse drawn working boats could be maintained with (hopefully) no stoppages. The canal (formerly the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal) was opened in 1835 at a time when railways were making serious inroads into the canal companies' businesses.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.716433
Longitude
-2.219051