The Shrewsbury Canal

A Collection of Photographs

Tony Clayton


This collection of pages shows pictures taken on the Shrewsbury Canal starting in the early 1970's, with others taken more recently. The great majority are images scanned from slides, and are available on application to me in far greater resolution.

When I lived in Wellington I could see the guillotine superstructures of Hadley Park and Turnip Locks on the Trench Arm from an upstairs window of our home near Wrekin College, where I taught between 1969 and 1978. Fairly early on during my time there I realised that many sections of the local canals were disappearing rapidly. Bridges which were present one day had gone when I passed by a few weeks later. A particular case in point was Rodington Lift Bridge at the eastern end of Rodington Embankment, and Rodington Aqueduct itself.

Because of this I determined to make a photographic record of the canal, along with the Newport Branch, before it was too late.

In addition, permission was obtained to clear the locks and towpath in the Hadley Park area, and a group of enthusiastic jungle bashers was formed called the Wrekin College Canal Restoration Group, and some of their work, along with the deterioration since work stopped in 1978, may be seen in these photographs.


Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury

Uffington

Uffington

Berwick Tunnel

Berwick Tunnel, NW

Berwick Tunnel

Berwick Tunnel, SE

Widows Bridge

Berwick Wharf Area

Rodington

Withington and Rodington Area

Longdon Aqueduct

Longdon Aqueduct

Long Lane Bridge

Long Lane Wharf

Eyton Lock

Eyton Lower Lock

Eyton Village Lock

Eyton Village Lock

Wappenshall Junction

Wappenshall Junction

Wappenshall Lock

Wappenshall Lock

Britton Lock

Britton Lock

Wheat Leasowes Lock

Wheat Leasowes Lock

Shucks Lock

Shucks Lock

Peaty Lock

Peaty Lock

Hadley Park Lock

Hadley Park Lock

Turnip Lock

Turnip Lock

Bakers Lock

Bakers Lock

Trench Lock

Trench Lock

Trench Incline

Trench Incline


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Shrewsbury Canal
Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton
v10a 28th March 2023

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