Shardlow_Canal_Port_1703
The Ryans Lass sails through Shardlow Canal Port, 4th March 2017.
The Trent and Mersey Canal was built in the 1760/70’s linking the River Trent at Derwent Mouth, Derbyshire to the River Mersey and opened fully in 1777 although the section through Shardlow, Derbyshire was completed in 1770. Shardlow was originally a river port on the Trent, with origins back to the bronze age. With the opening of the Trent & Mersey Canal Shardlow developed greatly. The earliest extant map, from 1816, shows a canal port comprising twelve warehouses and associated basins Along with this development came various other businesses and buildings to support the carriers, with boat builders, ropewalks, workshops, stores, stables, offices, workers' cottages and owners' houses. The decline of the canal system led to the closure of the port in 1948 and different uses for the warehouses, but the area remains remarkably little changed today.
Shardlow_Canal_Port_1703
The Ryans Lass sails through Shardlow Canal Port, 4th March 2017.
The Trent and Mersey Canal was built in the 1760/70’s linking the River Trent at Derwent Mouth, Derbyshire to the River Mersey and opened fully in 1777 although the section through Shardlow, Derbyshire was completed in 1770. Shardlow was originally a river port on the Trent, with origins back to the bronze age. With the opening of the Trent & Mersey Canal Shardlow developed greatly. The earliest extant map, from 1816, shows a canal port comprising twelve warehouses and associated basins Along with this development came various other businesses and buildings to support the carriers, with boat builders, ropewalks, workshops, stores, stables, offices, workers' cottages and owners' houses. The decline of the canal system led to the closure of the port in 1948 and different uses for the warehouses, but the area remains remarkably little changed today.