Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal

Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal
The former Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal near Norbury Junction, now part of the Shropshire Union Canal.
Specifications
Maximum boat beam	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Locks	26
Status	Navigable
Navigation authority	Canal & River Trust
History
Original owner	Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Company
Principal engineer	Thomas Telford
Date of act	1825
Date completed	1835
Geography
Start point	Autherley
End point	Nantwich
Connects to	Chester Canal, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

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Legend
Chester Canal  A534  Nantwich Basin Nantwich Aqueduct 89a Railway bridge 88  A530  Baddington Bridge Moss Hall aqueduct River Weaver Hack Green Locks (2) Audlem Locks (3) 78  A525  Audlem Bridge Audlem Locks (12) Adderley Locks (5) 64  A53  Lords Bridge Market Drayton Tyrley Locks (5) Knighton Reservoir Shebdon aqueduct 39  A519  High Bridge Shrewsbury Canal Norbury Jn abandoned railway 35  A518  Gnosall bridge Wheaton Aston lock  A5  Watling Street Stretton aqueduct Belvide Reservoir 5a  M54  motorway bridge Autherley Jn stop lock Staffs and Worcs Canal

The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal was a canal in England which ran from Nantwich, where it joined the Chester Canal, to Autherley, where it joined the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Forming part of a major link between Liverpool and the industrial heartlands of the Midlands, the canal was opened in 1835, and merged with the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Company in 1845, which became the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company in the following year.