Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost
N 53° 05.094 W 002° 14.667
30U E 550605 N 5881981
A canal side milepost.
Waymark Code: WMTTDD
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/06/2017
Views: 13
This milepost is located at the Harecastle Tunnel north portal on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The canal used the established systems of mile posts to identify distances from the beginning and end of the route from Preston Brook to Shardlow. All the posts have Shardlow on the left. These are in a uniform company design: a circular post with moulded head and embossed convex faces painted black and white. The original posts have a plate on the shaft stating “R&D Stone 1819”, which is thought to refer to the Stone foundry of Rangeley and Dixon.
The replica ones have the mark T & MCS 1977, which were installed by the Trent and Mersey Canal Society two hundred years after the canal opened.
Condition: Immaculate
Material: Metal
Inscription:
Shardlow 62 miles, Preston Brook 30 miles.
(R+D Stone 1819)
Name of road: Trent and Mersey Canal
Date placed: Not listed
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