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Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions , for more information. Suitable instructions belong here – please add to {{UK-waterway-routemap}}.
Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions , for more information. Suitable instructions belong here – please add to {{UK-waterway-routemap}}.
This is a route-map template for the Ellesmere Canal, a UK waterway.. For a key to symbols, see {{waterways legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
In 1813, the Ellesmere Canal company merged with the Chester Canal to form the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Company under the Ellesmere and Chester Canals Unification Act 1813 (53 Geo. 3. c. lxxx). This business was then merged with the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal by the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Company Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. ii).
Short boat trips along the Shropshire Union Canal are arranged. [13] The NWM is open at advertised times throughout the year. [14] The locks within the NWM site are designated by English Heritage as Grade II listed buildings. [15] Also listed at Grade II are the lighthouse at the entry of the canal into the Mersey, [16] and a lock keeper's hut ...
The Ellesmere Canal was said to offer speedy and safe conveyance to Chester, Liverpool, Manchester, etc., and North Wales, with the Earl of Bridgewater erecting wharves and warehouses on the canal. [6] The canal gave access to bulky materials, such as timbers for building, iron, and coal, and allowed the building of an adjacent gas works.
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This is a route-map template for a UK waterway. For a key to symbols, see {{ waterways legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .