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2 unusual facts about Shrewsbury Canal


Shrewsbury Canal

Josiah Clowes was appointed Chief Engineer, but died in 1795 part way through construction.

Tom Pudding

The locks on the Shrewsbury Canal were designed so that four tubs could fit into them, and although Thomas Telford, the engineer for the canal, stated that the locks had intermediate gates so that one, three or four tubs could use them, there is no evidence that the middle gates were ever fitted.



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