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A view of Codsall Road Bridge, Brewood
Brewood Wharf
exhibition Brewood Wharf stands on the Shropshire Union Canal, designed by Thomas Telford and opened in March 1835.
Canal Basin, Norbury Junction,
Norbury Junction was the junction between the Newport and the Liverpool and Birmingham sections of the Shropshire Union Canal. The Newport branc...
Canalware Buckby Can
exhibition A 3 gallon Buckby can used to hold fresh water on narrowboats for drinking. It has been painted with traditional 'roses and castles' decoration by...
Canalware dipper
exhibition This type of dipper was used on narrowboats to take water from the canal for cleaning puposes, and for the watering of animals. Painted in tradi...
Construction of  Rye Hill Canal Bridge number 22
exhibition Builders working on a bridge over the Shropshire Union Canal. Localy known as Slabs bridge.
Looking towards the Grammar School Bridge, Brewood
Norbury Junction,
Norbury Junction was the junction between the Newport and the Liverpool and Birmingham sections of the Shropshire Union Canal. The Newport branc...
Picnic at Norbury Junction,
Norbury Junction was the junction between the Shrewsbury and the Liverpool and Birmingham sections of the Shropshire Union Canal. The Newport br...
Shropshire Union Canal, Newport Branch, Sutton
The Newport branch of the Shropshire Union Canal started at Norbury Junction with a flight of seventeen locks. This image features lock 14 and was ...
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company wharf Buildings, Burslem Branch Canal
This plan shows the wharf building owned by the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company. The building sat on the Burslem branch of the Trent and...
Stretton Aqueduct
This cast-iron aqueduct carries the Shropshire Union Canal over Watling Street (now the A5) near Stretton. It was designed by Thomas Telford and ma...



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