2019

SJ6543 : The Shroppie Fly at Audlem

taken 5 years ago, near to Audlem, Cheshire East, England

The Shroppie Fly at Audlem
The Shroppie Fly at Audlem
A public house along the Shropshire Union Canal.
The Shropshire Union Canal

The Shropshire Union Canal (from Autherley to Nantwich) was engineered by Thomas Telford and opened in 1835. There are long straight sections of this canal which required either embankments or cuttings to avoid the need for locks. Although this was a more difficult procedure, the end route was shorter and the progress for horse drawn working boats could be maintained with (hopefully) no stoppages. The canal (formerly the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal) was opened at a time when railways were making serious inroads into the canal companies' businesses.

The current Shroppie north of Nantwich was formerly the Chester Canal, opened in 1779, and has wider locks and bridges. Boats up to nine feet in beam can still navigate this section; Telford's canal accommodates only narrowboats up to seven feet in beam.


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SJ6543, 277 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Mat Fascione   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 5 July, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 14 July, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 658 435 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:59.3073N 2:30.6545W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 658 435
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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