Shrewsbury Canal | |
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Telford's 1796 cast-iron aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern
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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 |
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