Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost - Rode Heath, Cheshire.
N 53° 06.542 W 002° 17.258
30U E 547686 N 5884636
A canal side milepost on the Trent and Mersey Canal near Cherry Lane at Rode Heath.
Waymark Code: WMV0F4
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/02/2017
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This milepost is located near to the Cherry Lane road Bridge 139 on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Rode Heath.
The canal used the established systems of mileposts 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 mile posts 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
Date placed: 01/01/1819
Material: Metal
Inscription:
Shardlow 65 miles, Preston Brook 27 miles.
R+D Stone 1819
Name of road: Trent and Mersey Canal
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