Trent & Mersey Canal Milepost - Weston, UK - Milestones on Waymarking.com

The Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal was the UK's first long distance canal and as the name suggests was built to give a connection to the Rivers Trent and Mersey. (Access to the Mersey was actually via the Bridgewater Canal with some locks at Runcorn that no longer exist).

It opened in 1777 and is 93.5 miles (150.5 km) long and stretches from its connection with the Bridgewater Canal at Preston Brook to its connection with the River Trent at Derwent Mouth.

The mileposts all have a standard design and give the distance to Preston Brook and Shardlow which is just short of Derwent Mouth.

Although many of the mileposts on the canal date from 1819, a number were missing and in 1977 the Trent and Mersey Canal Society placed replicas in their place. This is one of the replicas.

Many of the replicas were in fact donated and at a later date plaques were placed at the bottom of the milepost to record this fact.

THIS MILEPOST WAS DONATED
AND UNVEILED
BY MALCOLM E BRAINE
FOR THE BOAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED BY
REPLACED BY THE
TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL SOCIETY
ON SUNDAY 14th JUNE 1982

Condition: Immaculate Material: Metal Inscription:      PRESTON SHARDLOW    BROOK 40    52 MILES    MILES 19 T&MCS 77 Name of road: Trent & Mersey Canal Date placed: Not listed

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