Occupation Street

At the southern end of the Junction Canal (Stubbs Walks) a railway inclined plane was planned because the Newcastle Under Lyme Canal was some 60 feet lower than the Junction Canal.

However, in the end the incline was not built due to lack of money, thus the Nigel Gresley Canal remained severed from the main inland network and the Junction Canal became no more than an extension of the Gresley Canal, bringing the route further into Newcastle.

Goods were transferred from the Junction Canal in Stubbs Walks down Occupation Street to the Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal in the Lyme Valley below.

Top of Occupation Street - looking down towards London Road and Stubb's Gate
on the horizon are the trees of the Lyme Valley where the Newcastle to Stoke canal ran
 

Stubb's Terrace
a row of cottages at the top of Occupation Street - opposite the location of what was Stubbs Cottage (see 1847 map below)
 

London Road Tavern
bottom of Occupation Street, at the junction with London Road

Robert Malabar's 1847 map of Newcastle-under Lyme

at the top right is Marsh Parade and the route of the junction canal is traced in dark blue - it terminated at the end of Stubbs Walk.
The connecting road between the two canals is shown in red.

Google Maps 2008 - same area

The connecting road between can be seen going down Occupation Street and along Stubbs Gate to the terminus of the Newcastle-Under-Lyme Canal which ran through Trent Vale, into Stoke and joined the Trent & Mersey Canal.