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Church Lawton and the Trent & Mersey canal
Church Lawton on Google Maps
the A50 (Liverpool Road) from Burslem, through Tunstall, to Lawton
was the 1762 turnpike road. The blue line is the Trent and Mersey
canal.
OS
map showing Church Lawton and Red Bull
the A50 and the Trent and Mersey canal are shown
the Macclesfield canal runs north to south from near Red Bull
Heartbreak Hill
Descending the "Heartbreak Hill" on the Trent and
Mersey Canal at Church Lawton. In its heyday the canal was so busy
that all the locks between Kidsgrove and Sandbach were duplicated to
speed up the flow of traffic. For many years only one lock of each
pair was kept usable but traffic levels have again reached the point
at which both locks (where they both still exist) are again
necessary.
photo:
©
David Stowell May 1993
Red Bull
Aqueduct
The Macclesfield canal is carried over the
A50 on this aqueduct.
photo: © Steve Lewin
April 2006
Hardingswood
Junction, Trent and Mersey Canal
shows the junction between the Hall Green
branch, giving access to the Maclesfield Canal, and the Trent and
Mersey main line at Hardingswood. The Hall Green branch is to the
right under the roving bridge. To the right, just off picture, is
Red Bull top lock.
photo:
©
Neil Clifton April 1981
Pool Lock
Aqueduct, Trent and Mersey Canal
This is a view showing what is generally
known as the Macclesfield Canal (top) crossing the Trent and Mersey
Canal (bottom). However, the first mile of the Macclesfield Canal is
technically the Hall Green Branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal. The
Macclesfield Canal actually begins further along this branch at Hall
Green Lock.
The Trent and Mersey at the bottom is still coloured a browny-red
from the iron oxide which leaches into the canal water as it masses
through the Harecastle tunnel.
photo: © David Mastin Aug 2006
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