If you are going that way would you mind raising the roof of Froghall Tunnel
to the same height as, say, Harecastle was raised to some years ago please!
David Cragg
Steve Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
David Cragg wrote:
> One 'easy' line for a branch to Leek from the Trent and Mersey north
> of Etruria would be to roughly follow the line of the Maccy from
> north of Harecastle to near the Dane below Bosley, then head past
> what is now Rudyard reservoir to Leek. Given the canal building
> methods at that time the line would have a few more twists and turns
> than the Maccy which was built 50 years later.
Agreed this is a logical route (maybe the only one actually) but the map
on Mike's site doesn't make it clear what was intended. I'll ask around
among the CUCT crowd.
> At one time recently there was a proposal to build a new bit of
> canal linking the Caldon, Leek branch, to the Maccy with a junction
> below Bosley Locks. Does anyone know if this very sane, sensible
> and useful bit of new canal has any hope of getting built?
Macclesfield CS keep the flag flying on it I believe. We in the CUCT are
more focussed on going south to Uttoxeter at the moment, though I'm sure
we'd be very supportive of any proposal.
Cheers,
Steve
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