Coalport Canal

Coalport Canal
The Coalport canal
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Shropshire Union Canal
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Pave Lane
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Lilleshall limeworks
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Donnington Wood Canal
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Lilleshall Branch
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Humber Branch
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Newport Canal
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Old Yard Junction
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Wombridge Canal
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Trench Branch
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Wombridge mines
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Ketley Canal
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Snedshill Tunnel
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Shrewsbury Canal
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Stirchley Tunnel
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Horsehay Branch
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Shropshire Canal
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Hay Inclined Plane
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River Severn

The Coalport Canal is an historic canal built to link several Coalport industries with the River Severn. The canal runs from the river past the Coalport China works, the 'Tar Tunnel' leading to the bitumen and coal mines, and up the Hay Inclined Plane, where it continues towards Blists Hill town. It terminates here. There is also another entrance to the mines from the top of the inclined plane at Blists Hill.

Today, the canal and inclined plane, along with the Coalport China works, mine, and Blists Hill town, are part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. Currently, much of the stretch between Blists Hill and the Hay Inclined Plane is overgrown and impassable.

The Coalport Canal is a part of the Shropshire Union Canal.

See also

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Coordinates: 52°37′09″N 2°27′06″W / 52.619138°N 2.4515677°W / 52.619138; -2.4515677

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