Trent and Mersey Canal in Stoke-on-Trent
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Trent and Mersey Canal in Stoke-on-Trent
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 30 May 2011
Seen on a dull day after the rain had stopped! Considerable redevelopment has taken place in recent years with many new factory units and multi-lane roads. There are eight lanes of the Queensway A500 behind the wall on the right! The canal is 93.5 miles in length from Derwent Mouth to Preston Brook. The first sod was cut by Josiah Wedgwood in July 1766 at Middleport (Stoke-on-Trent). It took eleven years to build. This section between Derwent Mouth and Shugborough (the junction with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal) was operational by 1770, the rest to Preston Brook being operational by 1777. James Brindley was the engineer until his death in 1772.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.001294
Longitude
-2.178948