Trent and Mersey Canal

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canal navigable waterway

The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
navigable waterway ⓘ
builtFor coal transport ⓘ
industrial transport ⓘ
pottery industry ⓘ
salt transport ⓘ
connectedTo Bridgewater Canal ⓘ
Macclesfield Canal ⓘ
Shropshire Union Canal ⓘ
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal ⓘ
connectsWith River Mersey ⓘ
River Trent ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1766 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentUse angling ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ
recreational walking ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
designedBy James Brindley ⓘ
gauge narrow canal ⓘ
hasBasin Etruria Junction ⓘ
Shardlow ⓘ
surface form: Shardlow Basin
hasStructure Anderton Boat Lift ⓘ
Harecastle Tunnel ⓘ
Shardlow wharves ⓘ
locks ⓘ
heritageStatus historic waterway ⓘ
historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution ⓘ
length about 93 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Cheshire ⓘ
Derbyshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midlands ⓘ
Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
Warrington ⓘ
managedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
surface form: Canal and River Trust
numberOfLocks over 70 ⓘ
openingDate 1777 ⓘ
originalPurpose freight transport ⓘ
partOf English canal network ⓘ
passesThrough Burton upon Trent ⓘ
Middlewich ⓘ
Northwich ⓘ
Rugeley ⓘ
Stafford ⓘ
Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ
Stone ⓘ
terminus Humber Estuary ⓘ
surface form: Derwent Mouth

Preston Brook ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bridgewater Canal → connectsTo → Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
River Trent → hasCanalConnection → Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
Pennine waterways → hasPart → Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
Burslem → hasRiver → Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
Stone → isOn → Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
Shardlow → knownFor → Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
Shardlow → locatedOn → Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
James Brindley → notableWork → Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
Stone → transport → Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
Kidsgrove → traversedBy → Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ