Trent & Mersey Canal Milepost - Bostock, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc
N 53° 12.526 W 002° 28.200
30U E 535396 N 5895625
This is one of the milestones on the Trent & Mersey Canal used to assist in calculating toll charges on the canal.
Waymark Code: WMW0KR
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/22/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 1


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

"The Trent & Mersey Canal Society was founded in 1974 to campaign for the re-opening of Harecastle Tunnel. We were quickly also involved in the campaign to make Shardlow a conservation area. Both campaigns were successful.

In 1977 we celebrated the bicentenary of our canal with a large rally/event, and we also launched our campaign to restore all the mileposts on the canal. Original mileposts removed during the war were found, cleaned and painted before being reinstalled. Thirty-four new mileposts were cast and the final one was unveiled in October 1985." link

This is one of the replacement mileposts. Many of these replacement milestones have a plaque in the ground with details of when it was placed, but this one does not.



Name of road: Trent & Mersey Canal

Date placed: Not listed

Condition: Immaculate

Material: Metal

Inscription:
    PRESTON</td
SHARDLOW   BROOK
77   15
MILES   MILES


19 T&MCS 77
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