Caldon Canal

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The Caldon Canal is a historic English waterway in Staffordshire that branches from the Trent and Mersey Canal, running through the Potteries and the Churnet Valley.

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Label Occurrences
Caldon Canal canonical 10

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
navigable waterway ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Caldon Branch (historically) ⓘ
branchesFrom Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
connectsTo Froghall Basin ⓘ
Leek Branch at Hazelhurst Junction ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1776 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
endPoint Froghall ⓘ
FroghallTunnelCharacteristic low headroom ⓘ
hasAqueduct Hazelhurst Aqueduct ⓘ
hasBranch Leek Branch ⓘ
Uttoxeter Canal (remains) ⓘ
hasFeature lift bridges ⓘ
stone bridges ⓘ
hasLock Etruria Top Lock ⓘ
Froghall Locks ⓘ
Hazelhurst Locks ⓘ
hasTunnel Froghall Tunnel ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of a conservation area in Churnet Valley ⓘ
historicalEra Industrial Revolution ⓘ
length approximately 18 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Staffordshire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
managingOrganization Canal & River Trust ⓘ
mapFeature part of the English inland waterways network ⓘ
nearbyRiver River Churnet ⓘ
River Trent (via Trent and Mersey Canal) ⓘ
numberOfLocks 17 ⓘ
openingDate 1779 ⓘ
originalPurpose to carry limestone from Cauldon Low quarries ⓘ
to transport pottery and industrial goods ⓘ
passesNear Churnet Valley Railway ⓘ
passesThrough Cheddleton ⓘ
Consall ⓘ
Engine Lock ⓘ
Milton ⓘ
Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ
region West Midlands ⓘ
runsThrough Churnet Valley ⓘ
The Potteries ⓘ
startPoint Etruria Junction ⓘ
status fully navigable ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ
walking and cycling along towpath ⓘ
waterwaySystem Trent and Mersey Canal network ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Etruria Junction → locatedOnWaterway → Caldon Canal ⓘ
Etruria Junction → connectsWaterway → Caldon Canal ⓘ
River Churnet → associatedWith → Caldon Canal ⓘ
Cheddleton → traversedBy → Caldon Canal ⓘ
Churnet Valley → contains → Caldon Canal ⓘ
Churnet Valley → hasCanal → Caldon Canal ⓘ
Rudyard Lake → feeds → Caldon Canal ⓘ