Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Woodhouse diversion

The Montgomery Canal has a long straight section, just south of the Perry aqueduct. It then heads towards Rednal Basin. It wasn’t always this way though. When the canal was originally under construction one of the members of the original … Continue reading

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No-one mentions the Weston Arm…

The Weston Arm of the Montgomery Canal ran from Welsh Frankton to Weston Lullingfields, and was built as part of the Ellesmere Canal. It was originally going to be the main line, taking traffic from the River Mersey at (what … Continue reading

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