NEWCASTLE
UNDER LYME CANAL ROUTE
The
Newcastle-under-Lyme to Stoke canal was a 4 mile level canal from the Trent
& Mersey Canal at Stoke to Newcastle-under-Lyme.
It was authorised by an Act of 1795 and completed in about 1800,
part closed in 1921 and abandoned in 1935 - subsequently filled in.
It was very little used, except by Spode, Minton and Wolfe whose pottery works
were adjacent to it's Stoke terminal. As a dividend earner, it was a
disastrous failure.
| A Topographical Dictionary of
England, Samuel Lewis, 1831:
"A branch canal from this town,
about four miles in length, joins the Trent and Mersey canal at Stoke;
and another to Apedale is used chiefly for the conveyance of coal
hither." |
Join us on a virtual 'walk' along
the long forgotten route of the Newcastle to Stoke canal and along the way we
can see the signs of the canal which are still visible today.
next: Map of the route of the Newcastle to Stoke canal
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