2012

SK1213 : Attractive mooring place on the Trent and Mersey Canal

taken 12 years ago, near to Rileyhill, Staffordshire, England

Attractive mooring place on the Trent and Mersey Canal
Attractive mooring place on the Trent and Mersey Canal
With woodland off to the left and open farmland off to the right this pleasant place is west of Fradley Junction in Staffordshire, looking west north-west towards Rugeley and Stoke-on-Trent.
Much of the canal in this area is shallow by the towpath so convenient rural mooring places are intermittent.
Trent and Mersey Canal

The Trent and Mersey Canal is 93·5 miles in length from Derwent Mouth to Preston Brook. The first cut was made by Josiah Wedgwood in July 1766 at Middleport (Stoke-on-Trent). The eastern section between Derwent Mouth and Shugborough (the junction with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal) was already operational by 1770 and the whole canal through to Preston Brook, where it linked with the Bridgewater Canal was open for business by 1777. James Brindley was the engineer until his death in 1772. There are seventy-six locks en route to raise and lower the water level where hills impede the course. There are four tunnels, including the famous Harecastle Tunnel near Stoke-on-Trent.


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SK1213, 134 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 31 August, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 27 November, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 1240 1386 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:43.3350N 1:49.0709W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 1252 1381
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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