Narrow Boats, Norbury,

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Date:1920 - 1940 (c.)

Description:At Norbury was the junction of 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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Canals Boats, Ships, Ferries & Tankers

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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office

Donor ref:County Record Office No., C/P/14/12/15, img: 150 (18/712)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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