The Shrewsbury Canal

A Collection of Photographs in the possession of Tony Clayton

Trench Incline

Trench Lock <<-- : -->> Shrewsbury

Trench Incline was 223 yards long with a rise of 75 feet, a gradient of about 1 in 9. It carried tub-boats, and was of the same design as the three on the Shropshire Canal. It closed in 1921, the last to operate in the British Isles. At the top of the incline the canal joined the Donnington Wood Canal, which led to the limestone mines at Lilleshall and connected to the Shropshire Canal at the bottom of the Donnington Wood Incline.

Trench Reservoir, the supply reservoir for the whole canal. Taken from GR SJ 684125

Looking up the site of Trench Incline in about 1977. It ran up the hill to the right of the boundary hedge that can be seen above and to the right of the Landrover. Construction of a new road has started.

The cast iron aqueduct that carried a feeder to the reservoir over the foot of the incline, still in place while roadworks are in progress.

Looking down the line of the incline, 1977. Trench reservoir can be seen on the right.

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