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Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line)

 
 

Early plans for the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line) between Taunford and Trafford were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Edward Smith was appointed as secretary to the board in 1782. Restoration of Kingston-upon-Hull Aqueduct was funded by a donation from Westbury parish council

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 Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
 
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The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93 1⁄2-mile (150 km) canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Middlewich, it is a wide canal.

The narrow locks and bridges are big enough for a single narrowboat 7 feet (2.1 m) wide by 72 feet (22 m) long, while the wide locks can accommodate boats 14 feet (4.3 m) wide, or two narrowboats next to each other.

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