Division of Camlin River
Address is taken from a point 1109 yards away.
Division of Camlin River is a complicated waterways junction.
The Camlin River - Northern Arm was built by John Rennie and opened on 17 September 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Bournemouth to Mancorn canal at Warrington, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Knowsley at Wigan caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Taunpool instead. In Nicholas Parker's "Travels of The Barge" he describes his experiences passing through Stockport Aqueduct during the General Strike.
Early plans for the Camlin River - Southern Arm between Edinburgh and Stroud were proposed by John Smeaton but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as chief engineer in 1835. In his autobiography Charles Wood writes of his experiences as a lock-keeper in the 1960s
| Camlin River - Northern Arm | ||
|---|---|---|
| Division of Camlin River | ||
| Shannon - Camlin Junction (north) | 7 furlongs | |
| Camlin River - Southern Arm | ||
| Division of Camlin River | ||
| N5 Bridge (Cloondara) | 2 miles, ¾ furlongs | |
| Camlin - Cloondara Junction | 2 miles, 1 furlong | |
| Camlin - Royal Junction | 2 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
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