Runcorn and Weston Canal

Runcorn and Weston Canal
Runcorn and Weston Canal
	The derelict entrance to the canal from the Weston Canal
Specifications
Maximum boat length	72 ft 3 in (22.02 m)
Maximum boat beam	18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
Locks	2
Status	Derelict, part infilled
History
Original owner	Earl of Ellesmere
Date of act	1853
Date completed	1859
Date closed	1939
Geography
Start point	Weston Docks
End point	Runcorn Docks
Connects to	Bridgewater Canal,; Weaver Navigation

The Runcorn and Weston Canal was a short canal near Runcorn in Cheshire, England, constructed to link the Weston Canal, which is part of the River Weaver Navigation, to the Bridgewater Canal and Runcorn Docks. It was completed in 1859, but was little used. Around half of it became the Arnold Dock in 1876, when it was made wider and deeper, and linked to Fenton Dock by a ship lock. The dock section and some of the remaining canal were filled in during the 1960s, and the remainder is in a derelict state.

					Manchester Ship Canal
					Old line of locks...
					...Bridgewater Canal


					Old Dock/Coal basin/Old Basin
					New line of locks
					Runcorn Docks (Tidal Dock)
					Alfred Dock
					Francis Dock
					Fenton Dock
					pre-1876 lock
					Arnold Dock lock
					filled in section
					Arnold Dock
					post-1876 lock
					Runcorn Dock railway
					Runcorn and Weston Canal
					Dock lock 5
					Weston Point Docks
					derelict section
					R&W entrance lock


					Weston Marsh Lock
					Manchester Ship Canal
					Weston Canal
					Weaver Navigation
					River Weaver and Sutton Weir
					Frodsham cut and lock (dis)

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