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English: Shropshire Union Canal towards Hack Green, Cheshire. The Shropshire Union Canal (formerly the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal) looking towards Hack Green from beneath Austins Bridge, is very straight here. Straightness is a characteristic of the Shropshire Union Canal, which was built in the 1830s, when competition was growing from the railways, and routes had to be as short as possible. Thomas Telford managed this by building long embankments and digging long cuttings, a ploy which also reduced the need for so many locks which would delay the boats. It also meant a lot more work, and trouble with unstable embankments in some places, which still cause problems to this day. |
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| Author | Roger Kidd |
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| current | 03:15, 5 March 2011 | | 640 × 480 (133 KB) | GeographBot (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1=Shropshire Union Canal towards Hack Green, Cheshire The Shropshire Union Canal (formerly the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal) looking towards Hack Green from beneath Austins Bridge, is very |
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