Chester Canal
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The Chester Canal is a canal linking the south Cheshire town of Nantwich with the River Dee at Chester, providing a route for produce (including salt) from Nantwich to reach Chester and, beyond it, the sea via the Dee estuary.
Today, it is part of the Shropshire Union Canal, and - being instigated by an Act of Parliament in 1772 - it is also the oldest section. Until the building of the later Ellesmere Canal (1805) and the Trent and Mersey Canal it was under-used.
A brief history and some pictures of the Chester Canal, from Steve Howe's 'Chester: a Virtual stroll Around the Walls' may be found here: http://www.bwpics.co.uk/gallery/oldcanal.html
The Chester Canal Heritage Trust was started in 1997. To find out more: http://www.chestercanalheritagetrust.co.uk
[edit] Further reading
- Gordon Emery - The Old Chester Canal (2005) ISBN 1-872265-88-X
