Milepost - Nantwich 3 Miles / Autherley Junction 36 Miles 
Address is taken from a point 373 yards away.
Milepost - Nantwich 3 Miles / Autherley Junction 36 Miles is an notable flight of locks on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) between Doncaster and Pembroke.
Early plans for the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) between Oldcorn and St Helens were proposed by John Green but languished until Thomas Jones was appointed as engineer in 1782. The canal joined the sea near Cambridge. Expectations for manure traffic to Wokingham were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) was closed in 1905 when Ambersford Aqueduct collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Cecil Harding swam through Westley Locks in 17 minutes to encourage restoration of Leeds Tunnel.

| Hack Green Visitor Moorings (south) | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Burrows Bridge No 85 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Hack Green Visitor Moorings (north) | 1 furlong | |
| Hack Green Top Lock No 28 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Hack Green Bridge No 86 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Milepost - Nantwich 3 Miles / Autherley Junction 36 Miles | ||
| Hack Green Bottom Lock No 29 | ½ furlongs | |
| Hack Green Winding Hole | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Hall's Bridge Narrows No 87 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Baddington Bridge No 88 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Redripes Bridge No 89 | 1 mile, 3¾ furlongs | |
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![Milepost next to Hack Green Bridge No 86. Autherley Junction 36 miles.Nantwich 3 miles.Norbury Junction 20½ miles.[[6904018]], for a wider view of the milepost. by Mat Fascione – 06 July 2019](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/90/40/6904023_3bc24de2_120x120.jpg)
![Milepost next to Hack Green Bridge No 86. Autherley Junction 36 miles.Nantwich 3 miles.Norbury Junction 20½ miles.[[6904023]], for a closer view of the milepost. by Mat Fascione – 06 July 2019](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/90/40/6904018_54718920_120x120.jpg)
![Bridge No 86 and Hack Green Top Lock, Cheshire. This shows Hack Green Bridge and the bottom gates of Lock No 1, which is almost full; hence the water leaking around the edges.[[[1700846]]][[[1324963]]]There are two locks on the Shropshire Union Canal at Hack Green, (inaccurately marked on the map on this page) changing the water level by twelve feet (about 3.7 metres). When Thomas Telford engineered the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (as it was then) he tried to avoid locks as much as possible. He also took the expensive option of taking the straight line wherever he could by building long embankments and cuttings. By these two ploys the company could keep traffic moving with fewer delays and cover the distance in fewer days - important in the 1830s because the railways were beginning to take business away. by Roger D Kidd – 23 May 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/70/08/1700884_267534a2_120x120.jpg)



![Bridge No 86 and Hack Green Top Lock, Cheshire. This shows Hack Green Bridge (inaccurately marked on the map on this page) and the bottom gates of Lock No 1 with a narrowboat entering the chamber.[[[1700884]]][[[1324963]]]There are two locks on the Shropshire Union Canal at Hack Green, changing the water level by twelve feet (about 3.7 metres). When Thomas Telford engineered the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (as it was then) he tried to avoid locks as much as possible. He also took the expensive option of taking the straight line wherever he could by building long embankments and cuttings. By these two ploys the company could keep traffic moving with fewer delays and cover the distance in fewer days - important in the 1830s because the railways were beginning to take business away. by Roger D Kidd – 23 May 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/70/08/1700846_579bcc45_120x120.jpg)







![Baddington: Hack Green top lock. Baddington: Hack Green top lock on the Shropshire Union Canal. This photo is looking in the opposite direction to [[4059]] - towards Burrow's bridge (no. 85, in the distance). The former stables on the left are now used by British Waterways for storage of maintenance equipment. by Mike Harris – 04 October 2006](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/26/41/264138_4ce22cd8_120x120.jpg)














