Summary
The Wardle Canal is the shortest canal in the UK, at 154 feet (47 m).[1] The canal, in Middlewich, Cheshire, connects the Trent and Mersey Canal to the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, terminating with a single lock known as Wardle Lock. It was built in 1829 so that the navigation authority of the Trent and Mersey Canal could maintain control over the junction.[clarification needed]
Maureen Shaw edit
Maureen Shaw, a boatwoman who was well known to passing boaters as well as the local and canal community, lived in the Lock Cottage at Wardle Lock for many years, with the result that it was often referred to as "Maureen’s Lock". Following her death in 2012, a memorial panel was placed at the lock in her honour.[2]
See also edit
- Canals of Great Britain
- History of the British canal system
- Four Counties Ring – a canal cruising ring that includes the Wardle Canal
References edit
- ^ Adrian Rayson. "CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE – Hursts Ahoy and Llangollen Ho!". On Board Narrowboat FRILFORD (British Waterways No. 500645). Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Maureen Shaw Panel unveiled at Wardle Lock". Towpath Talk. 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
External links edit
- Jim Shead's entry on the Wardle Canal
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