Shropshire Union Canal, Ellesmere Port Locks & Basin 31st January 2009

Shropshire Union Canal, Ellesmere Port Locks & Basin Videoed Saturday, 31st January 2009 More information can be found here: www.shropshireunion.org.uk "The present Shropshire Union Canal System did not take this title until 1846 when the constituent canals were amalgamated and run by the Shropshire Union Canal & Railway Company before being bought out by the London and North Western Railway Company. The earliest part of the system was the Chester Canal which ran from Chester to Nantwich and was constructed under an Act of Parliament in 1772. Some 21 years later an Act of 1793 saw the length from Ellesmere Port to Chester being built. The Montgomery Canal was built under another Act of Parliament of 1794 and ran from Carreghofa to the Newtown Basin and was used principally for the carrying of lime for agricultural use. The present Llangollen Canal started life as the Ellesmere Canal which was started in 1797 by the Ellesmere Canal Company under the direction of Telford. This was to be built from a connection with the Montgomery Canal at Frankton to Whitchurch but the difficulties of the route meant that it had only reached Tilstone Park by 1804. The main difficulty on this route was to get the canal across Whixall Moss. In order to do this the water level of the Moss was lowered by 5 to 6 feet and the canal built across on a floating bed in much the same way that Stevenson used later on the railways. Continued peat extraction has caused constant subsidence problems and up ...



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