Telford's 1796 cast-iron aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern
Specifications
Maximum boat length
81 ft 0 in (24.69 m) (Locks could hold four 20-foot tub-boats)
Maximum boat beam
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) (originally 6 ft 7 in or 2.01 m) (Only Eyton locks were widened)
Locks
34 (originally 11) (plus Trench inclined plane)
Status
Early stages of restoration
Navigation authority
None
History
Original owner
Shrewsbury Canal Company
Principal engineer
Josiah Clowes / Thomas Telford
Date of act
1793
Date of first use
1794
Date completed
1797
Date closed
1944
Geography
Start point
Norbury Junction (originally Trench) (Newport Branch opened 1835, connecting canal to national network)
End point
Shrewsbury
Branch(es)
Newport Branch, Humber Branch
Connects to
Shropshire Union Canal, Shropshire Canal, Donnington Wood Canal
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