The derelict entrance to the canal from the Weston Canal
Specifications
Maximum boat length
72 ft 3 in (22.02 m)
Maximum boat beam
18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
Locks
2
Status
Derelict, part infilled
History
Original owner
Earl of Ellesmere
Date of act
1853
Date completed
1859
Date closed
1939
Geography
Start point
Weston Docks
End point
Runcorn Docks
Connects to
Bridgewater Canal, Weaver Navigation
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Runcorn and Weston Canal
Legend
Manchester Ship Canal
Old line of locks...
...Bridgewater Canal
Old Dock/Coal basin/Old Basin
New line of locks
Runcorn Docks (Tidal Dock)
Alfred Dock
Francis Dock
Fenton Dock
pre-1876 lock
Arnold Dock lock
filled in section
Arnold Dock
post-1876 lock
Runcorn Dock railway
Runcorn and Weston Canal
Dock lock 5
Weston Point Docks
derelict section
R&W entrance lock
Weston Marsh Lock
Manchester Ship Canal
Weston Canal
Weaver Navigation
River Weaver and Sutton Weir
Frodsham cut and lock (dis)
The Runcorn and Weston Canal was a short canal near Runcorn in Cheshire, England, constructed to link the Weston Canal, which is part of the River Weaver Navigation, to the Bridgewater Canal and Runcorn Docks. It was completed in 1859, but was little used. Around half of it became the Arnold Dock in 1876, when it was made wider and deeper, and linked to Fenton Dock by a ship lock. The dock section and some of the remaining canal were filled in during the 1960s, and the remainder is in a derelict state.
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