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Shropshire Union Canal (Montgomery Canal - northern unnavigable section)

 
 
Information about the waterway

The Shropshire Union Canal (Montgomery Canal - northern unnavigable section) is a narrow canal and is part of the Shropshire Union Canal (Montgomery Canal). It runs for 7 miles and 2¼ furlongs through 2 locks from Crickheath Bridge No 85 (where it joins the Shropshire Union Canal (Montgomery Canal - connected and navigable)) to Arddleen Bridge No 103 (where it joins the Shropshire Union Canal (Montgomery Canal - isolated navigable section)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "under restoration"

The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River Trust

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Crickheath Bridge No 85
Limit of navigable section
Schoolhouse Bridge No 86 3¾ furlongs 0 locks
Waen Wen Bridge No 87 5½ furlongs 0 locks
Pant Bridge No 88 1 mile and 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
Bridge No 89 (Montgomery)
Formerly where the Cambrian Railway crossed over.
1 mile and 5 furlongs 0 locks
Old Hall Bridge No 90 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs 0 locks
Former Cambrian Railway Bridge No 91 2 miles and 1¼ furlongs 0 locks
Llanymynech New Winding Hole
at the eastern end of the short Llanymynech navigable section
2 miles and 1½ furlongs 0 locks
Llanymynech Wharf 2 miles and 3½ furlongs 0 locks
Llanymynech Bridge No 92 2 miles and 3¾ furlongs 0 locks
Llanymynech Winding Hole
at the western end of the short Llanymynech navigable section
2 miles and 4 furlongs 0 locks
Wall's Bridge No 93
Wharf and warehouse
2 miles and 6¼ furlongs 0 locks
Wern Eastern Arm
not the proper name?
2 miles and 7¾ furlongs 0 locks
Wern Aqueduct
over dismantled Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
3 miles 0 locks
Wern Wharf West Arm
this may not be the official name
3 miles and ½ furlongs 0 locks
Wern Bridge No 94 3 miles and 1½ furlongs 0 locks
Carreghofa Locks No 8 3 miles and 4 furlongs 0 locks
Carreghofa Bridge No 95 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs 1 lock
Carreghofa Locks No 9 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs 1 lock
Aqueduct No 94A (Montgomery Canal)
Such an impressive structure should have a name.
3 miles and 5¾ furlongs 2 locks
Newbridge Road Bridge No 96 3 miles and 6½ furlongs 2 locks
Aqueduct No 96A (Montgomery Canal) 3 miles and 7 furlongs 2 locks
Vyrnwy Aqueduct 3 miles and 7¾ furlongs 2 locks
Pentreheylin Bridge No 97 4 miles and 1¼ furlongs 2 locks
Pentreheylin Hall Bridge No 98 4 miles and 2 furlongs 2 locks
Parsons Bridge No 99 4 miles and 7¼ furlongs 2 locks
Clopton's Wharf
Clopton Bridge No 100
5 miles and 1½ furlongs 2 locks
Clopton's Wharf Winding Hole 5 miles and 1½ furlongs 2 locks
Rhysnant Bridge No 101 5 miles and 4¾ furlongs 2 locks
Maerdy Bridge No 102
Bridge demolished
6 miles and 2¼ furlongs 2 locks
Maerdy Winding Hole 6 miles and 3 furlongs 2 locks
Maerdy Aqueduct 6 miles and 3¼ furlongs 2 locks
Arddleen Bridge No 103 7 miles and 2¼ furlongs 2 locks
 
 
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External websites
 The Montgomery Canal - The Montgomery Canal - Camlas Maldwyn — associated with Llanymynech Wharf
The Montgomery Canal is situated in the stunning countryside on the border of Wales and England.
 
Wikipedia

Wikipedia has a page about Shropshire Union Canal

The Shropshire Union Canal, nicknamed the "Shroppie", is a navigable canal in England. The Llangollen and Montgomery canals are the modern names of branches of the Shropshire Union (SU) system and lie partially in Wales.

The canal lies in the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire in the north-west English Midlands. It links the canal system of the West Midlands, at Wolverhampton, with the River Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, 66 miles (106 km) distant.

The "SU main line" runs southeast from Ellesmere Port on the River Mersey to the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Autherley Junction in Wolverhampton. Other links are to the Llangollen Canal (at Hurleston Junction), the Middlewich Branch (at Barbridge Junction), which itself connects via the Wardle Canal with the Trent and Mersey Canal, and the River Dee (in Chester). With two connections to the Trent and Mersey (via the Middlewich Branch and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal) the SU is part of an important circular and rural holiday route called the Four Counties Ring.

The SU main line was the last trunk narrow canal route to be built in England. It was not completed until 1835 and was the last major civil engineering accomplishment of Thomas Telford.

The name "Shropshire Union" comes from the amalgamation of the various component companies (Ellesmere Canal, Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, Montgomeryshire Canal) that came together to form the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company. The main line between Nantwich and Autherley Junction was almost built as a railway although eventually it was decided to construct it as a waterway.

Other Wikipedia pages that might relate to Shropshire Union Canal
[Shropshire Canal] The Shropshire Canal was a tub boat canal built to supply coal, ore and limestone to the industrial region of east Shropshire, England, that adjoined [Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company] The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company was a Company in England, formed in 1846, which managed several canals and railways. It intended to convert [Shropshire Union Canal Society] The Shropshire Union Canal Society is an organisation formed to promote interest in and enhance the Shropshire Union Canal system, in England and Wales [Shropshire] Shropshire Union Canal. The Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers about a quarter of the county, mainly in the south. Shropshire [Listed buildings in Church Eaton] Easton, High Onn, and Marston, and the surrounding countryside. The Shropshire Union Canal passes through the parish, and a high proportion of the listed buildings [Ellesmere Canal] these were eventually incorporated into the Chester Canal, Montgomery Canal and Shropshire Union Canal. Although several major civil engineering feats were [Montgomery Canal] became part of the Shropshire Union system: the Ellesmere Canal in 1846, the Eastern Branch in 1847 and the Western Branch in 1850. The canal fell into disuse [Llangollen Canal] navigable feeder, both of which became part of the Shropshire Union Canals in 1846. The Ellesmere Canal was proposed by industrialists at Ruabon and Brymbo [Listed buildings at Norbury, Staffordshire] the surrounding countryside. Passing through the parish is the Shropshire Union Canal, and this meets the former Newport Branch, now disused, at Norbury
 
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