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[edit]DescriptionShropshire Union Canal near Hack Green, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 1691122.jpg |
English: Shropshire Union Canal near Hack Green, Cheshire. The Shropshire Union Canal (formerly the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal) looking towards Hack Green from beneath Mickley Bridge (No 84), is very straight here. Straightness is a characteristic of the Shropshire Union Canal, which was built in the 1830s, when competition was growing from the railways, and routes had to be as short as possible. Thomas Telford managed this by building long embankments and digging long cuttings, a ploy which also reduced the need for so many locks which would delay the boats. It also meant a lot more work, and trouble with unstable embankments in some places, which still cause problems to this day. |
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Author | Roger Kidd |
Attribution (required by the license) InfoField | Roger Kidd / Shropshire Union Canal near Hack Green, Cheshire / |
InfoField | Roger Kidd / Shropshire Union Canal near Hack Green, Cheshire |
Camera location | 53° 01′ 13″ N, 2° 31′ 46″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 53.020345; -2.529400 |
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Object location | 53° 01′ 16″ N, 2° 31′ 48″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 53.021140; -2.529900 |
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[edit]This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Roger Kidd and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
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