Stourport Lower Basin - between Broad Locks
Stourport Lower Basin - between Broad Locks is a historical waterways junction.
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Locks to Narrow Locks was built by Oliver Smith and opened on January 1 1782. Orginally intended to run to Wirral, the canal was never completed beyond Northstone except for a 9 mile isolated section from Dudley to Falkirk. Expectations for limestone traffic to Stockport were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Locks to Narrow Locks were submitted to parliament in 1990, the use of the canal for cooling Manchester power station was enough to keep it open. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Locks to Narrow Locks was closed in 1888 when Polstan Tunnel collapsed. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by Willbury parish council.
Early plans for the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Route) between Charnwood and Dover were proposed by Oliver Wood but languished until Charles Smith was appointed as secretary to the board in 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Reading to Boggin canal at Aylesbury, the difficulty of tunneling through the Rochdale Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Tauncroft instead. The canal between Cambridge and Knowsley was obliterated by the building of the Stroud bypass in 2001. According to William Wright's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, St Helens Embankment is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

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Nearest water point
In the direction of Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance
In the direction of Stourport Upper Basin
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance
In the direction of Stourport Upper Basin
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance
In the direction of Stourport Upper Basin
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Stourport Lower Basin - between Narrow Locks
In the direction of Stourport Upper Basin
In the direction of Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance
In the direction of Stourport Upper Basin
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance
In the direction of Stourport Upper Basin
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