Norbury Junction,

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Date:1970 - 1980 (c.)

Description:Norbury Junction was the junction between the Newport and the Liverpool and Birmingham sections of the Shropshire Union Canal.

The Newport branch of the canal was little used after 1920 and was closed by by Act of Parliament in 1944. It has since been backfilled.

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Image courtesy of: Brampton Museum & Art Gallery, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Donor ref:Borough Museum No., Ref/Sta/3/P82/221, img: 2830 (18/3203)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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