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Shropshire Union Canal (Wirral Line - Main Line)

 

The Shropshire Union Canal (Wirral Line - Main Line) is a broad canal and is part of the Shropshire Union Canal (Wirral Line). It runs for 8 miles and 4 furlongs through 3 locks from River Dee Branch Junction (where it joins the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal) and the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch)) to Ellesmere Port Junction (where it joins the Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has junctions with the Shropshire Union Canal (Wirral Line - Ellesmere Port Ship Route) at Ellesmere Port Lower Basin and with the Shropshire Union Canal (Wirral Line - Ellesmere Port Basin Link) at Ellesmere Port Upper Basin.

Notable features of the waterway include: Whitby Locks and Bache Brooke Embankment

 
 
River Dee Branch Junction
Junction with the Shropshire Union (Chester Canal) and the River Dee Branch
Cambrian Road Bridge No 126E 1 furlong 0 locks
Stone Bridge No 128 2 furlongs 0 locks
Deva Aqueduct 4¼ furlongs 0 locks
Former Railway Bridge No 128B
The former railway is now a cycle path		 5 furlongs 0 locks
Blacon Avenue Bridge No 129 6½ furlongs 0 locks
Mollington Bridge No 130 1 mile and 2½ furlongs 0 locks
Knolls Bridge No 131 1 mile and 5¼ furlongs 0 locks
Railway Bridge No 132 2 miles and 3¾ furlongs 0 locks
Backford Bridge No 133 2 miles and 7½ furlongs 0 locks
Backford Bridge Winding Hole 2 miles and 7¾ furlongs 0 locks
Caughall Pipe Bridge 3 miles and 4 furlongs 0 locks
Caughall Bridge No 134 3 miles and 6½ furlongs 0 locks
Wervin New Hall Pipe Bridges 4 miles and 1¾ furlongs 0 locks
Craughton Wharf
Boatyard / private moorings plus possible winding		 4 miles and 5½ furlongs 0 locks
Craughton Bridge No 135 4 miles and 6¼ furlongs 0 locks
M53 Motorway (Craughton) No. 135A 4 miles and 7 furlongs 0 locks
M56 Motorway (Craughton) No.135B 5 miles and 1 furlong 0 locks
Stoak Minor Bridge No 136 5 miles and 1½ furlongs 0 locks
Picton Lane Bridge No 136A
Stoak		 5 miles and 1¾ furlongs 0 locks
Stoak Bridge No 137 5 miles and 2¾ furlongs 0 locks
Dension's Bridge No 138 5 miles and 4¼ furlongs 0 locks
Meadow Lane Bridge No 139 5 miles and 7 furlongs 0 locks
Mason's Bridge No 140 6 miles and ¼ furlongs 0 locks
Stanney Pipe Bridges
Three pipe bridges in quick succession - oh! joy 		6 miles and 2 furlongs 0 locks
New Stanney Bridge No 140A 6 miles and 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
New Stanney Pipebridge 6 miles and 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
Stanney Mill Bridge Pipebridge 6 miles and 3¼ furlongs 0 locks
Stanney Mill Bridge No 141
With accompanying pipe bridge		 6 miles and 3¼ furlongs 0 locks
New Bridge Road Bridge (Little Stanney) No. 141A
Has No 141A as a bridge number		 6 miles and 6¼ furlongs 0 locks
Weavers Bridge No 142 6 miles and 6¾ furlongs 0 locks
Bewley's Southern Pipe Bridge 7 miles and 3 furlongs 0 locks
Bewley's Bridge No 144 7 miles and 3 furlongs 0 locks
Bewley's Northern Pipe Bridge 7 miles and 3¼ furlongs 0 locks
Stanlow Pipe Bridge 7 miles and 4¼ furlongs 0 locks
M53 Motorway (Stanlow) 7 miles and 4½ furlongs 0 locks
Stanlow Bridge No 145 7 miles and 4¾ furlongs 0 locks
Stanlow Winding Hole 7 miles and 6 furlongs 0 locks
Stanlow Works Access Bridge 7 miles and 6¼ furlongs 0 locks
Ellesmere Port Railway Bridge No.145A 7 miles and 6½ furlongs 0 locks
Pickering's Bridge No 146 7 miles and 7¾ furlongs 0 locks
M53 Motorway and Slip-road Bridges(Ellesmere Port) No.146A 8 miles and ½ furlongs 0 locks
Powell's Bridge No 147 8 miles and 1¼ furlongs 0 locks
Oil Sites Road Bridge No.147A 8 miles and 1½ furlongs 0 locks
Winding Hole above Ellesmere Port Locks 8 miles and 2 furlongs 0 locks
The Boat Museum 8 miles and 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
Ellesmere Port Top Locks 8 miles and 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
Ellesmere Port Top Lock Footbridge 8 miles and 2½ furlongs 1 lock
Ellesmere Port Middle Locks 8 miles and 2¾ furlongs 1 lock
Ellesmere Port Upper Basin 8 miles and 3 furlongs 2 locks
Ellesmere Port Bottom Lock 8 miles and 3¼ furlongs 2 locks
Ellesmere Port Bottom Lock Bridge
Crosses over the centre of the lock		 8 miles and 3¼ furlongs 3 locks
Ellesmere Port Lower Basin
Access to the Manchester Ship Canal		 8 miles and 3½ furlongs 3 locks
Ellesmere Port Junction
Junction of Shropshire Union and Manchester Ship Canals		 8 miles and 4 furlongs 3 locks