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Shrewsbury and Newport Canal

Shrewsbury Canal
Longden-on-Tern1.jpg
Telford's 1796 cast-iron aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern
Specifications
Maximum boat length 81 ft 0 in (24.69 m)
(Locks could hold four 20-ft tub-boats)
Maximum boat beam 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
(originally 6 ft 7 in or 2.01 m)
(Only Eyton locks were widened)
Locks 34
(originally 11)
(plus Trench inclined plane)
Status Early stages of restoration
Navigation authority None
History
Original owner Shrewsbury Canal Company
Principal engineer Josiah Clowes / Thomas Telford
Date of act 1793
Date of first use 1794
Date completed 1797
Date closed 1944
Geography
Start point Norbury Junction
(originally Trench)
(Newport Branch opened 1835, connecting canal to national network)
End point Shrewsbury
Branch(es) Newport Branch, Humber Branch
Connects to Shropshire Union Canal, Shropshire Canal, Donnington Wood Canal
Shrewsbury and Newport Canal
Shropshire Union Canal
1 Towpath Bridge, Norbury Jn
Norbury Locks (5)
3 Maltshovel Bridge
Norbury Locks (2)
4 Oulton Bridge
Forton Locks (5)
5 Blacklane Bridge
Forton Locks (2)
6 Staff 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
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