Pipedream -1 Staffs & Worcs. Canal. Traditional Cache
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Pipedream -1 Staffs & Worcs. Canal.
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Going the other way down the canal away from Coast to Coasters caches so are minus numbered
Designed by James Brindley as part of the 'Grand Cross' scheme to link the rivers Mersey, Trent, Severn and Thames, the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal was opened from Stourport to Great Haywood in 1772, a little over 46 miles long. It is popularly known as the Staffs & Worcs, with the 'Worcs' pronounced as in Worcester.
The Staffs & Worcs is an early 'contour canal' and follows the land contours through the valleys of the rivers Stour, Smestow, Penk and Sow. It meets the River Severn at an impressive series of basins, at what once was the hamlet of Lower Mitton - but, on the canal's arrival, took the name of Stourport. This was later extended to include reference to both rivers, as Stourport-on-Severn.
The canal was an immediate commercial success, and remained prosperous for longer than most waterways. The carriage of Cannock coal became a staple, and trade continued on some stretches until well into the 1960s. The line was not restricted to industrial usage and once there were more than 100 watermills along its length. It makes connections with the Birmingham Canal Navigations at Aldersley, the Shropshire Union Canal at nearby Autherley and the Stourbridge Canal at Stourton.
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