Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost - Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK.
N 53° 02.808 W 002° 12.741
30U E 552801 N 5877766
A canal side milepost on the Trent and Mersey Canal near Westport Lake at Longport.
Waymark Code: WMYRMY
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/18/2018
Views: 3
This milepost is located on the Trent and Mersey Canal near bridge 127A and adjacent to Westport Lake at Longport between Burslem and Tunstall.
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: Distressed
Date placed: 01/01/1977
Material: Metal
Inscription:
Shardlow 59 miles, Preston Brook 33 miles.
R+D Stone 1977
Name of road: Trent and Mersey Canal
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