River Weaver

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canalised river navigation river

The River Weaver is a river in Cheshire, England, historically important for salt transport and navigation, that flows northward to join the River Mersey.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Weaver Navigation 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canalised river navigation ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedIndustry salt industry ⓘ
associatedTown Frodsham ⓘ
Northwich ⓘ
Winsford ⓘ
basinCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
country England ⓘ
crosses Cheshire countryside ⓘ
drainageBasin River Mersey ⓘ
surface form: Mersey Basin
economicImportance historical salt export route ⓘ
flowDirection northward ⓘ
flowsInto River Mersey ⓘ
followsWatercourse River Weaver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
governingBody Canal & River Trust ⓘ
hasBridge Ellesmere Canal Aqueduct at Northwich ⓘ
hasCanal Weaver Navigation ⓘ
hasFeature canalised sections ⓘ
locks and weirs ⓘ
hasLock Dutton Locks ⓘ
Hunts Lock ⓘ
Saltersford Lock ⓘ
hasTributary River Dane ⓘ
River Peover NERFINISHED ⓘ
River Wheelock ⓘ
historicalUse navigation ⓘ
salt transport ⓘ
locatedIn Cheshire ⓘ
Cheshire ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
locatedNear Mersey Estuary ⓘ
mouthLocation near Runcorn ⓘ
mouthOfWatercourse River Mersey ⓘ
nearbySettlement Frodsham Marshes ⓘ
Winsford ⓘ
surface form: Runcorn
notableFor navigation improvements in the 18th century ⓘ
partOf British inland waterways network ⓘ
passesThrough Frodsham ⓘ
Nantwich ⓘ
Northwich ⓘ
Winsford ⓘ
region Cheshire Plain ⓘ
sourceLocation near Audlem ⓘ
tributaryOf River Mersey ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
commercial shipping ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterwaySystem Weaver Navigation ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

River Weaver → followsWatercourse → River Weaver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Weaver Navigation
River Mersey → tributary → River Weaver ⓘ