Description | Maps and sections but no book of references for proposed canal linking the Ellesmere and Chester canal below Hurleston junction to the Middlewich Branch of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal. Passing through the townships of Hurleston, Poole, Cholmondeston. Approximately 120 chains in length (1.1/2 miles) Also maps and sections for a longer link from the junction of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal with the Birmingaham to Liverpool Canal [now collectively called the Shropshire Union Canal] 1.1/2 miles NW of Nantwich to the Middlewich branch of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal at Great Minshull. Passing through the townships of Henhull, Poole, and Aston juxta Mondram. Approximate length 4 miles. Botth proposals show larger scale maps of areas around road crossings and terminal junctions. Engineer:- W.A. Provis. Deposited 30 November 1838 |