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- Chester_Canal maximumBoatBeam "2.7432".
- Chester_Canal maximumBoatLength "21.9456".
- Chester_Canal originalMaximumBoatBeam "4.4958".
- Chester_Canal originalMaximumBoatLength "24.384".
- Chester_Canal abstract "The Chester Canal was an English canal linking the south Cheshire town of Nantwich with the River Dee at Chester. It was intended to link Chester to Middlewich, with a branch to Nantwich, but the Trent and Mersey Canal were unco-operative about a junction at Middlewich, and so the route to Nantwich was opened in 1779. There were also difficulties negotiating with the River Dee Company, and with no possibility of through traffic, the canal was uneconomic. Part of it was closed in 1787, when Beeston staircase locks collapsed, and there was no money to fund repairs. When the Ellesmere Canal was proposed in 1790, the company saw it as a ray of hope, and somehow managed to keep the struggling canal open. The Ellesmere Canal provided a link to the River Mersey at Ellesmere Port from 1797, and the fortunes of the Chester Canal began to improve.The Ellesmere Canal was also building branches in North Wales, which were intended to link up to the River Dee at Chester, but eventually linked to the Chester Canal at Hurleston Junction, just to the north of Nantwich, in 1805. The canal then became the middle section of a much longer and more profitable canal. The two companies merged in 1813, becoming the Ellesmere and Chester Canal. When the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal was proposed in 1826, which would provide a link from Nantwich to Wolverhampton and the Birmingham canal system, the company saw it as an opportunity to build the Middlewich Branch, which would provide a connection to Manchester and the Potteries. The branch opened in 1833, and the Junction Canal opened in 1835. Amalgamation followed in 1845, with the new company retaining the name of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal. The following year, the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company was formed from the Ellesmere and Chester company, which also took over a number of canals which joined theirs. Plans to convert some of the canals to railways were put on hold in the 1847, when the canal company was leased to the London and North Western Railway. Under railway control, the canals continued to operate successfully, but decline set in during the 20th century, and when many of the adjoining canals were closed in 1944, the sections which had been the Ellesmere and Chester Canal and the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, together with the Middlewich Branch, were retained.The canals were nationalised in 1948, and long-distance commercial traffic had all but ended by 1958. In 1963, the British Waterways Board was formed and the canal ceased to be operated by railway interests for the first time in over 100 years. It was designated as a cruising waterway in the Transport Act 1968, with potential for leisure use, and since then, it has been enjoyed by recreational boaters, by walkers and by fishermen. In 1997, the Chester Canal Heritage Trust was formed and has worked to promote the canal and its heritage. Responsibility for the canal passed from British Waterways to the newly formed Canal & River Trust in 2012.".
- Chester_Canal endPoint Chester.
- Chester_Canal maximumBoatBeam "2.7432".
- Chester_Canal maximumBoatLength "21.9456".
- Chester_Canal originalMaximumBoatBeam "4.4958".
- Chester_Canal originalMaximumBoatLength "24.384".
- Chester_Canal startPoint Nantwich.
- Chester_Canal thumbnail Chester_Canal_Basin_-_Raymond_Street_-_Chester_-_2005-10-09.jpg?width=300.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageExternalLink PNRC233.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageExternalLink shropshireunion.html.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageID "415076".
- Chester_Canal wikiPageLength "37252".
- Chester_Canal wikiPageOutDegree "117".
- Chester_Canal wikiPageRevisionID "664532863".
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink A49_road.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Autherley_Junction.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Barbridge_Junction.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Beeston,_Cheshire.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Beeston_Castle.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bersham.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bersham_Ironworks.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bill_(law).
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bill_(proposed_law).
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Birmingham_and_Liverpool_Junction_Canal.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bridgewater_Canal.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink British_Transport_Commission.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink British_Waterways.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink British_Waterways_Board.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bunbury,_Cheshire.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Burslem.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Canal.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Canal_&_River_Trust.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Canal_Mania.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Canals_of_Great_Britain.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Cast_iron.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_in_Cheshire.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_opened_in_1779.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chester.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Cheshire.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Chester.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Chester,_England.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Chester_Canal_Heritage_Trust.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Chester_Cathedral.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Chester_city_walls.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Chirk.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Christleton.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Cruising_waterway.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Dorfold_Hall.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Ellesmere_Canal.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Ellesmere_Port.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink First_World_War.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Francis_Egerton,_3rd_Duke_of_Bridgewater.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Grade_II*_listed.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Grade_II_listed.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Grade_I_listed.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Gwersyllt.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Hammer-beam_roof.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Hammerbeam_roof.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Horseshoe_Falls_(Wales).
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Hurleston_Junction.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Inland_Waterways_Association.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Josiah_Clowes.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Ketley_Canal.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Limestone.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Listed_building.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Liverpool.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Llangollen.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Llanymynech.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink London_and_North_Western_Railway.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Manchester_Ship_Canal.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Middlewich.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Middlewich_Branch.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Montgomery_Canal.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Montgomeryshire_Canal.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Nantwich.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink National_Waterways_Museum.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink National_Waterways_Museum,_Ellesmere_Port.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Nationwide_Building_Society.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink North_Wales_Coast_Line.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Pulford.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Reynolds_(ironmaster).
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink River_Dee,_Wales.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink River_Dee_(Wales).
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink River_Dee_Company.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink River_Gowy.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink River_Mersey.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink River_Weaver.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Stephenson.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Ruabon.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Runcorn.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Scheduled_monument.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Sealand,_Flintshire.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Shotton,_Flintshire.
- Chester_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Shrewsbury.