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Wappenshall Lock No 9

 
Preston upon the Weald Moors TF6 6DG, United Kingdom
 
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Wappenshall Lock No 9 is a minor waterways place on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Shrewsbury Canal) between Wappenshall Junction (Junction with the Shrewsbury Canal Main Line ) (1 furlong to the northwest) and Trench Lock Interchange (1 mile and 6½ furlongs and 7 locks to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Wappenshall Junction is Wappenshall Bridge No 13; ¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Trench Lock Interchange is Britton Lock; 2 furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.

 
 
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Nearest water point

In the direction of Shrewsbury Canal Terminal Warehouse

Norbury Wharf Boatyard10 miles, 4½ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Norbury Wharf Boatyard
Norbury Junction Services10 miles, 4½ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Norbury Junction Services
The Navigation Inn (Gnosall)13 miles and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to The Navigation Inn (Gnosall)
Goldstone Bridge No 5518 miles, 1 furlong and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Goldstone Bridge No 55
Wheaton Aston Services18 miles, 1½ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Wheaton Aston Services
Goldstone Wharf18 miles, 1½ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Goldstone Wharf

Nearest place to turn

In the direction of Shrewsbury Canal Terminal Warehouse

Kinley Winding Hole3¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Kinley Winding Hole
Newport Canal Basin6 miles, 3 furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Newport Canal Basin
Winding hole (S&NC)7 miles, 4 furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shrewsbury Canal Terminal Warehouse
Norbury Junction10 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction
Norbury Wharf Boatyard10 miles, 4½ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Norbury Wharf Boatyard
Grub Street Winding Hole12 miles, 1½ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Grub Street Winding Hole
Shebdon Winding Hole14 miles, ¾ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Shebdon Winding Hole
High Onn Wharf15 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to High Onn Wharf
Park Heath Wharf16 miles, ½ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Park Heath Wharf
Wheaton Aston Winding Hole18 miles, 1 furlong and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Wheaton Aston Winding Hole
Goldstone Wharf18 miles, 1½ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Goldstone Wharf
Stretton Boatyard19 miles, 6 furlongs and 25 locks away
Travel to Wappenshall Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Newport Branch - Main Line) to Norbury Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) to Stretton Boatyard
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Wappenshall Junction] Wappenshall Junction (grid reference SJ662145) is a British canal junction located at Wappenshall, Shropshire. It was created when the Newport Branch [Shrewsbury Canal] which were called Wappenshall, Britton, Wheat Leasowes, Shucks, Peaty, Hadley Park, Turnip, Baker's and Trench lock. Wappenshall Lock was demolished to [Norbury Junction] connected Shrewsbury to the Wombridge Canal at Trench, passing through Wappenshall and up an inclined plane to reach Trench. It was part of a small network [Shropshire Union Canal] ran south-west through Newport to connect with the Shrewsbury Canal at Wappenshall Junction. After Nantwich basin, a long sweeping embankment incorporating [Listed buildings in Eyton upon the Weald Moors] disused, was built through the parish and joined its Newport Branch at Wappenshall Junction. A number of structures associated with the canal are listed [Chester Canal] area to Liverpool; limestone from Trevor and Crickheath to Nantwich or Wappenshall on the Shrewsbury Canal, with a back trade in iron ore from near Burslem; [Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal] Parliament was obtained in 1827 for a branch from Norbury Junction to Wappenshall on the Shrewsbury Canal. The Ellesmere and Chester Canal obtained authorisation
 
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Shrewsbury Canal in the 1970's - Wappenshall Lock
The site of Wappenshall Lock (No.9), 1976. When the contractors came to build the weir they found that the old lock had merely been infilled, and it proved very ...
Wappenshall Junction - Wikipedia
Wappenshall Junction (grid reference SJ662145) is a British canal junction located at ... To the south-east of Wappenshall, it ascended through nine locks and then up an ... However, they experienced severe engineering difficulties in building their main line, and no further action was taken until 1831, when Henry Williams, ...
Shrewsbury & Newport Canal
Jul 20, 2017 ... Since there was no room to pass, one of the boats had to reverse out. There was .... The other 9 locks were between Wappenshall and Trench.
Shrewsbury Canal - Wikipedia
The Shrewsbury Canal was a canal in Shropshire, England. Authorised in 1793, the main line .... No traffic used the canal to Shrewsbury after 1936, and a further section beyond Comet bridge was abandoned in 1939. .... The Trench branch rose through 9 locks from the junction, which were called Wappenshall, Britton, ...
Shropshire Tub Boat Canals
Today, no inclined planes remain in working order on Britain's canal system but ..... The bottom gates of the nine locks on the Shrewsbury Canal (Wappenshall ...
S&N Canal Trust
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ALC survey map ALCW04994
Wappenshall 7. Covert. 20.1. N. Very Good ... Wappenshall. Bridge. Horton yton ... Hadley Park. Lock Silkin Wayo na Hadley. Hadleypark. Bridge. Turnip. Lock. DI RY ... Reproduction in whole or in part by any means is prohibited without the prior ... 9. 9. +10. -. -. -. -. -. -. -. Stones Whear Leasows. 12 +13 + 14. Wheatley.
Canal and River Navigations National Overview:
breaches on, the Peak Forest Canal, Wappenshall Wharf, Linton Lock, the boat lifts of the ..... The Trench Inclined plane RCHS Jnl Vol 9 1963 No 2 pp 26-28.
The Canals - The Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust
This lock, the first of the "Seventeen Steps" flight, is now used as a dry-dock. ... At Wappenshall the Newport branch of Thomas Telford's canal meets the ... Plan One: Norbury Junction to No 6 Lock ... Plan Nine: Stone Bridge to Bridge Farm.