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Staffordshire-Worcestershirekanaal | 74 km lange narrow canal in de graafschappen Staffordshire en Worcestershire in de Midlands van Engeland. Het kanaal verbindt de rivier Severn bij Stourport, Worcestershire, met het Trent-Merseykanaal bij Great Haywood. Door besluit van mei 1766 gebouwd en 1772 geopend werd het kanaal een belangrijke noor-zuid-verbinding in het westen van Engeland. Tot de werkzamheden behoorden zowel de verbetering van de toegang vanuit de Severn als de inrichting van sluizen geschikt voor de breede zog. Severn trows, waardoor goederen konden worden overgeslagen tussen deze en de narrow boats. Het kanaal ondervond terugslagen zowel door het 1815 geopende Worcester-Birminghamkanaal als door de inrichting van een verbinding naar Chester en Merseyside als onderdeel van het Birmingham-Liverpool verbindingskanaal (zie Shropshire Union Canal). Evenwel werd het kanaal tot in de 20e eeuw winstgevend bedreven, bleef de maatschappij zelfstandig tot de nationalisering in 1948. De uiteindelijke sluiting in 1959 werd voorkomen door het opzetten van een vrijwilligersvereniging, wat in 1968 werd beloond met de classificering als route voor de pleziervaart en de opname in de lijst van te beschermende inrichtingen. | |||
Staffordshire-Worcestershire-Kanal | 74 Kilometer langer narrow canal in Staffordshire und Worcestershire in den englischen Midlands. Der Kanal verbindet den Fluß Severn bei Stourport in Worcestershire mit dem Trent-Mersey-Kanal bei Great Haywood. Auf Parlamentsbeschluß vom Mai 1766 gebaut und 1772 eröffnet, bildete der Kanal eine wichtige Nord-Süd-Verbindung in West-England. Als zusätzliche Maßnahmen wurden der Zugang über den Severn verbessert und Schleusen für die sog. Severn trows gebaut, so daß Güter zwischen diesen und den narrowboats umgeschlagen werden konnten. Der Kanal erlebte Rückschläge sowohl durch die Eröffnung des Worcester-Birmingham-Kanals 1815 als auch durch die Einrichtung einer Verbindung nach Chester und Merseyside als Teil des Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (s. Shropshire Union Canal). Gleichwohl blieb die Kanalgesellschaft bis ins 20. Jahrhundert gewinnbringend und bis zur Verstaatlichung 1948 selbständig. 1959 von der endgültigen Schließung bedroht, wurde der Kanal durch die Gründung eines Fördervereins bewahrt, 1968 für die Freizeitschiffahrt klassifiziert und mit seinen Einrichtungen unter Denkmalschutz gestellt. | |||
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal | a 46-mile long navigable narrow canal in Staffordshire and Worcestershire in the English Midlands. It links the River Severn at Stourport in Worcestershire with the Trent and Mersey Canal at Haywood Junction by Great Haywood. Authorised by an Act of Parliament passed in May 1766 it was opened in 1772. As part of the project the River Severn below Stourport was improved and locks were built for the broad-beamed so-called Severn trows to the effect that goods could be transhipped between these and the narrow boats. The canal experienced one setback with the opening of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal in 1815 and another with a route to Chester and Merseyside of the Birmingham & Liverpool Junction Canal (see Shropshire Union Canal) . However, the Company seemed profitable into the 20th century and remained independent until its nationalisation in 1948. Threatened by closure in 1959 it was saved by a volunteer society, re-classified for pleasure boating in 1968 and listed as Conservation Area. | |||
Canal du Staffordshire au Worcestershire |
no | name | mile |
from
<> to
max.
length x beam ft (m) |
connections
/ branches max. draught cm |
Main Line | 46.1 |
Stourport <> Great Haywood Junction |
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72
x 7 (21,95 x 2,13) |
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1/2 |
Stourport Barge Locks #1 & #2 | 0.0 |
River Severn | |
3 |
York Street Lock | 0.1 |
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4 |
Falling Sands Lock | 2.8 |
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5 |
Caldwall Lock | 3.5 |
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6 |
Kidderminster Lock | 4.4 |
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7 |
Wolverley Court Lock | 5.6 |
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8 |
Wolverley Lock | 6.1 |
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9 |
Debdale Lock | 7.3 |
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10 |
Whittington Lock | 9.5 |
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11 |
Kinver Lock | 10.4 |
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12 |
Hyde Lock | 11.0 |
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13 |
Stewponey Lock | 12.0 |
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14 |
Gothersley Lock | 14.0 |
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15 |
Rocky Lock | 14.4 |
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16 |
Greensforge Lock | 15.1 |
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17 |
Hinksford Lock | 16.3 |
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18 |
Swindon Lock | 16.6 |
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19 |
Marsh Lock | 16.9 |
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20 |
Botterham Lock #1 | 17.3 |
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21 |
Botterham Lock #2 | 17.3 |
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22 |
Bumble Hole Lock | 18.5 |
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23 |
Bratch Lock #1 | 18.9 |
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24 |
Bratch Lock #2 | 18.9 |
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25 |
Bratch Lock #3 | 18.9 |
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26 |
Awbridge Lock | 19.8 |
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27 |
Ebstree Lock | 20.3 |
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28 |
Dimmingsdale Lock | 20.5 |
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29 |
Wightwick Lock | 22.5 |
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30 |
Wightwick Mill Lock | 22.6 |
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31 |
Compton Lock | 23.3 |
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Aldersley Junction | 25.1 |
BCN Main Line | ||
Autherley Junction | 25.6 |
Shropshire Union Main Line | ||
32 |
Gailey Lock | 33.4 |
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33 |
Brick Kiln Lock | 33.5 |
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34 |
Boggs Lock | 33.8 |
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35 |
Rodbaston Lock | 34.5 |
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36 |
Otherton Lock | 35.0 |
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37 |
Filance Lock | 35.9 |
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38 |
Penkridge Lock | 36.1 |
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39 |
Longford Lock | 36.6 |
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40 |
Park Gate Lock | 37.5 |
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41 |
Shutt Hill Lock | 38.3 |
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42 |
Deptmore Lock | 40.0 |
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43 |
Tixall Lock | 44.8 |
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Great Haywood Junction | 46.1 |
Trent & Mersey Canal | ||
Stourport Basins | ||||
Broad Route | 0.2 |
Stourport
Upper Basin <> Stourport Broad Locks Entrance |
Stourport
Basins - Lichfield Basin Stourport Basins - Narrow Route River Severn |
|
80
x 15 (24,4 x 4,57) |
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Stourport Upper Basin | 0.0 |
Stourport
Basins - Lichfield Basin Stourport Basins - Narrow Route |
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1 |
Stourport Upper Broad Lock | 0.1 |
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2 |
Stourport Lower Broad Lock | 0.1 |
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Stourport Broad Locks Entrance | 0.2 |
River Severn | ||
Lichfield Basin | 0.1 |
Stourport
Upper Basin <> Lichfield Basin |
Stourport
Basins - Broad Route Stourport Basins - Narrow Route |
|
72
x 7 (21,95 x 2,13) |
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Stourport Upper Basin | 0.0 |
Stourport
Basins - Broad Route Stourport Basins - Narrow Route |
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Lichfield Basin | 0.1 |
--end of navigation-- | ||
Narrow Route | 0.3 |
York Street Bridge <> Severn - Stourport Narrow Locks Entrance |
Staffordshire
& Worcestershire Canal River Severn |
|
72
x 7 (21,95 x 2,13) |
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York Street Bridge | 0.0 |
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal | ||
1 |
Basin Upper Staircase Narrow Locks | 0.2 |
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2 |
Basin Lower Staircase Narrow Locks | 0.3 |
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Stourport Narrow Locks Entrance | 0.3 |
River Severn | ||
Broad Locks to Narrow Locks | 0.1 |
Stourport
Lower Basin - between Broad Locks <> Stourport Lower Basin - between Narrow Locks |
Stourport
Basins - Broad Route Stourport Basins - Narrow Route |
|
80
x 15 (24,4 x 4,57) |
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Stourport Lower Basin - between Broad Locks | 0.0 |
Stourport Basins - Broad Route | ||
Stourport Lower Basin - between Narrow Locks | 0.1 |
Stourport Basins - Narrow Route | ||