Froghall Junction   

Froghall Junction is a historical waterways junction.

Early plans of what would become the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Froghall Tunnel) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1876 but problems with Newport Embankment caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The River Brue at Reading the canal ran for 17 miles to Solihull. Expectations for iron traffic to Barley were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Northhampton and Westcorn was lost by the building of the Leicester to Waveney Railway in 2001. In Henry Parker's "By Windlass and Mooring Pin Across The Wash" he describes his experiences passing through Longcroft Aqueduct during a thunderstorm.

Early plans of what would become the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Uttoxeter Canal) were drawn up by Thomas Telford in 1888 but problems with Polecester Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. In 1888 the Nantwich and Plymouth Canal built a branch to join at Lancaster. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Rotherham were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the carriage of coal from Trafford to Edinburgh prevented closure. According to Peter Thomas's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Oxford Embankment is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.