South View Road Bridge
South View Road Bridge is an notable flight of locks on the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch).
The Act of Parliament for the Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch) was passed on 17 September 1782 despite strong opposition from Nicholas Thomas who owned land in the area. From a junction with The Grand Western Canal at Maidenhead the canal ran for 23 miles to Thurrock. Despite the claim in "Travels of The Implacable" by Barry Green, there is no evidence that John Harding ever swam through Derby Aqueduct in 17 minutes to encourage restoration of Taunworth Inclined plane

This is a pinch point. The normal maximum dimensions for a boat on this waterway are 72 feet long, 14 feet wide, 8 feet high and 4 feet and 10 inches deep, but to pass through here the maximum dimensions are 8 feet high.
There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| River Dee Branch Junction | ¼ furlongs | |
| Dee Branch Locks - Top Lock | ¼ furlongs | |
| Dee Branch Top Lock Footbridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Williams Moorings | ¼ furlongs | |
| Dee Branch Locks - Middle Lock | a few yards | |
| South View Road Bridge | ||
| Former Route to River Dee (Dee Branch) | a few yards | |
| Old Port Square Lift Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Dee Branch Locks - Bottom Lock | ¼ furlongs | |
| New Crane Street Bridge No 127 | ¼ furlongs | |
| River Dee Lock | ¼ furlongs | |
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![Shropshire Union Canal (Dee Branch). This lower level canal was not part of the original Chester Canal, which was built straight down to the river so that canal boats could exchange cargoes with seagoing craft at the Port of Chester. However, business was poor, and traffic was often stopped for long periods due to engineering problems and by the end of the 8th century, the canal was facing ruin. It was saved by a link with the Ellesmere Canal. This required the building of this branch since the main route of the canal was taken north to the River Mersey. It is connected to the main line of the canal via a lock which raises the level to that of the main canal ([[[6037030]]]). by David Dixon – 25 January 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/03/70/6037044_dd45de1b_120x120.jpg)







![Chester Canal - lockpound. See also [[[2801063]]] by Richard Hoare – 11 February 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/80/21/2802108_85a9669a_120x120.jpg)
![The Glover Stone from the Water Tower Spur Wall. This view of the ancient Glover Stone is taken from the Water Tower spur wall seen from ground level in [[534004]]. This historic stone used to be located near to Chester castle and marked the boundary between the Crown Court jurisdiction and the City of Chester. At some time it was moved to the Water Tower Garden where it languishes today unmarked and overgrown. by John S Turner – 08 September 2007](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/56/36/563662_f09c0b15_120x120.jpg)

