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Wombridge Canal
Remains of a bridge over the infilled canal at Wrockwardine Wood in 1963
Specifications
Statusdestroyed
History
Principal engineerWilliam Reynolds
Date completed1788
Date closed1921
Geography
Connects toShrewsbury Canal, Donnington Wood Canal
Shropshire Tub Boat Canals
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The Wombridge Canal was a tub-boat canal in Shropshire, England, built to carry coal and iron ore from mines in the area to the furnaces where the iron was extracted. It opened in 1788, and parts of it were taken over by the Shrewsbury Canal Company in 1792, who built an inclined plane at Trench. It lowered tub boats 75 feet (23 m), and remained in operation until 1921, becoming the last operational canal inclined plane in the country. The canal had been little used since 1919, and closed with the closure of the plane.

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