tarboat's photos with the keyword: trent and mersey canal

Looking over the Anderton Boatlift to the Tata owned Brunner Mond chemical works at Winnington. Soda Ash is no longer made here and the plant seems to be concentrating on the production of sodium bicarbonate.

This crane base Wheelock Wharf bears the cast name of the manufacturer. Richard Kitchin of Scotland Bank Iron Works at Warrington. During the 19th century the works specialised in the manufacture of weighing machines, cranes, turntables and water cranes.

Having climbed the Cheshire Locks from Middlewich these boats are approaching the summit of the Trent and Mersey Canal at Hardingswood. The penultimate double lock can be seen through the arch of the Pool Lock aqueduct which carries the branch of the canal which joins the Macclesfield Canal at Hall Green.

I suppose this could be called a waybill, although it does not list the consignor(s) or consignee(s) of the goods. It was used to give details of the cargo for use in charging toll by the Canal Company. On November 3rd 1832 Pickford & Co's Boat was loaded at Preston Brook with sundries and cotton twist for delivery at Stoke, Horninglow, Derwent Mouth, and Derby, on a journey that would have been on the Trent & Mersey Canal to Swarkestone and then along the Derby Canal. The Railway Age was yet to arrive and the canals were the main bulk carriers of goods.