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	Richard Gardner Antiques: Coalport
		The site of Coalport on the Northern bank of the Severn was at the heart of industrial East Shropshire that was notable for its deposits of alluvial clay for use in the manufacture of porcelain and coal to fire the Kilns.
		Coalport were innovative in their design and style in useful and domestic items as well as decorative pieces including, inkstands, scent bottles and letter racks painted and gilded exquisitely.
		Coalport was amongst the many porcelain manufactures to rise to the occasion.
	www.richardgardnerantiques.co.uk /pages/sections/section239.html (448 words)

	Shrewsbury Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The level of the Wombridge Canal was considerably higher than the Shrewsbury Canal and to overcome this the Shrewsbury Canal company had to build a huge inclined plane at Trench where tub-boats would be carried on rails from one canal to the other.
		The canal society did not object to this but between the inquiry and the start of construction the plans were changed and the road was built across the canal on the level.
		There is no canal bridge on the road today because the road was realigned in the 1960's, so you must look out for a group of buildings which are all situated on the north side of the road.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/shrewsbury.htm (6801 words)

	Shropshire Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At the time of the Shropshire Canal's creation there was no town of Telford and Thomas Telford himself apparently had little (or nothing) to do with the building of the canal, though he did become Surveyor for the County of Shropshire at around the same time and later worked on the Shrewsbury Canal.
		It is possible to join the canal at the foot of the incline and walk along a path (the former towpath) which runs between the canal and the River Severn.
		This is approximately where the canal junction used to be although it was closer to the level of the road rather than the level of the former railway.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/shropshire.htm (9507 words)

	Coalport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coalport is a village in Shropshire, now part of the new town of Telford.
		Coalport (LNWR) was a terminus of a branch from Wellington on the northern river bank.
		Coalport (GWR) was a through station on the Severn Valley line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coalport (166 words)

	LISTER APPENDICES
		Still, in America the canals were built in areas already settled, and the canals were to facilitate intra-regional commerce related to the beginning of industrialization, as well as to facilitate extra regional transport related to frontier expansion.
		Appendix 8: Pigots 1822: BROSELEY COALBROOK-DALE, COALPORT, IRON-BRIDGE AND MADELEY.
		COALPORT two miles from hence is chiefly noted for its celebrated china manufactory which is well worthy the minute inspection of the visitant; as indeed is the whole of this curious and romantic neighbourhood.
	www.antonymaitland.com /listapdx.htm (15350 words)

	Birmingham & liverpool Junc Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The new canal was also to be a very "modern" waterway which would be a much wider, straighter and faster route than the alternatives, most of which were built some 50 years earlier.
		The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal was to be a "highway" compared to the previous "country lanes", it was to stride straight across valleys on high embankments and dig deep into hills to keep it on one level for the majority of its route.
		The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal was built as a trunk route, being late on the scene and having such high banks and deep cuttings it did not have the potential of earlier waterways to develop trade along its banks, it also did not run through any major towns or industrial areas.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/bhamandliverpoolroot.htm (981 words)

	Donnigton Wood Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A link was made close to the junction with the Wombridge Canal and when fully opened, the Shropshire Canal allowed tub-boats to journey from the Donnington Wood Canal to the River Severn at Coalport and thus allowed goods to reach (and come from) Gloucester, Bristol and even the continent.
		The second canal that left the junction was the Shropshire Canal.
		At the east end of the country park the canal turned left and headed generally north east towards Muxtonbridge Farm at SJ 72337 13266 (south east of Muxton village) where traces of its bed can still be seen near a golf club.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/donningtonwood.htm (2494 words)

	Canal industry imbedded in Saltsburg history - PittsburghLIVE.com
		The canal bed, which once carried an average of 191 passengers per day, on their way between Pittsburgh and places to the east, is now gone save for a park which retraces and commemorates the man-made water route.
		Yet, a hint of the booming prosperity the canal brought to the town--including enterprises related to construction and operation of canal boats--has been preserved by the work of modern historians.
		As the canal was operated by the Commonwealth, positions were doled out as political plums and costly mismanagement was an ongoing problem.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/blairsvilledispatch/s_138457.html (1891 words)

	British canal system
		Canals are man made waterways, usually connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.
		The boats used on canals were a mixed bunch, including flyers that carried light cargo and passengers at high speed day or night, and a variety of river craft.
		Leeds and Liverpool Canal The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is the longest canal in Northern England
	www.lonympics.co.uk /new/ywx.htm (226 words)

	Coalport at AllExperts
		Coalport is a village in Shropshire, now part of the new town of Telford.
		Coalport (LNWR) was a terminus of a branch from Wellington on the northern river bank.
		During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Coalport was home to an important china works, now the Coalport China Museum.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/co/coalport.htm (194 words)

	Ironbridge Gorge Museum - History
		The canal made Coalport an important transport hub in the local area, new industries were established in the former riverside meadows, and housing soon followed.
		The new settlement came to be called ‘Coalport’ after the coal that was transferred from canal to river vessels at this junction.
		The factory’s output at this period was dominated by the influence of the French Sèvres factory, and in particular the development of vivid Sèvres-style ground colours.
	www.ironbridge.org.uk /our_attractions/coalport_china_museum/history (1125 words)

	Secret Shropshire
		Canals are a feature of the eighteenth century, and brought features like tunnels, aqueducts, bridges and embankments.
		The main purpose of the canal was to transport quicklime, a vital ingredient, needed to produce good agricultural land along the Upper Severn Valley.
		The incline was used to carry coal barges between the Shropshire Canal on the hillside down to a lower canal that ran through the China Works at Coalport and on to the River Severn.
	www.secretshropshire.org.uk /Content/Learn/Landscape/Communications3.asp (512 words)

	Boat Work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Captains were paid on a ton-mile basis, the rate for carrying one ton of coal from Coalport to Bristol being 81 and the rates for intermediate stations being in proportion to the distance.
		Whereas on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal the company usually furnished not only the boat but the mules, their feed, harness, and "lines," on the Pennsylvania canals the captains were required to supply the mules and their upkeep.
		Although few in number, proportionately more of the children on these canals than on any of the other canals included in the study were violating State laws, inasmuch as Pennsylvania forbids the employment on boats of children under 16 years of age.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/springer/ldbw.htm (773 words)

	Madeleys Railway Past
		The Coalport branch line, the main railway to serve Madeley for nearly a hundred years, came about as the result of an early Shropshire "new town" - the building of the nearby village of Coalport around 1794 to serve as an inland port for traffic on the River Severn and the Shropshire Canal.
		Coalport itself had a famous china works, and was also the home of an early chemical works - Lord Dundonald's Tar Distillery, initially using tar from the "Tar Tunnel" at Coalport as a raw material.
		As the line left the parish, heading for the nearby terminus at Coalport, it passed under a bridge carrying the inclined plane that once connected the transhipment basin of the Shropshire Canal at Coalport to the rest of the system.
	www.localhistory.madeley.org.uk /buildings/railway.html (1529 words)

	Coalport & Blists Hill
		Coalport was really the vision of an iron master called William Reynolds in the late 1700's who saw the area as a hub for the iron industry and built warehouses, factories and accommodations for his workers.
		This was developed to move boats from the river up to the Shropshire Canal by hauling these vehicles on wooden rails with the use of steam engine power.
		On the Coalport side of the bridge is the Tar Tunnel, operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.
	www.ironbridgeguide.info /ironbridge_tour/tour_17.shtml (508 words)

	Sankey Canal Restoration Society
		The Donnington Wood Canal was opened in 1768 (To the east of Wellington) and over the next 24 years links were established to Coalbrookdale and Coalport in the Severn Valley via the Hay inclined plane.
		The Canals carried tub-boats which measured 20 feet by 6 feet, carrying 5 to 8 tons of cargo, which were hauled along by horses in trains of up to twenty boats.
		This included provision for the re-excavation of the canal channel where this is practicable, re-routing the canal to avoid clashes with land owners and to avoid obstacles like dual carriageways and railway lines, and the construction of drop locks where road and canal levels are close.
	www.scars.org.uk /cuttings/volume5/issue5-9/northern.html (1491 words)

	Collector Cafe - Register
		The famous English china makers "Coalport" not surprisingly derived their name from the village in which they began manufacturing in the late 18th century.
		He selected the site for its proximity to the deposits of alluvial clay perfectly suited to the potters’ art, and the abundance of coal which could be used to fire his kilns.
		Rose died in 1841, and Coalport blundered around until 1875, when it was bankrupted, eventually being bought by a series of different owners.
	www.collectorcafe.com /article_archive.asp?article=430&id=1148 (368 words)

	Persimmon Homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Coalport’s spacious lounge is also located on the first floor and features a pair of French doors and decorative Juliet balcony, which overlook the canal and give a focal point to this waterside home.
		On the second floor, the Coalport comprises a master bedroom with en-suite shower room and a further bedroom, which has use of the family bathroom, plus a third bedroom or study.
		The canal is a haven for wildlife as well as boating enthusiasts and the many canalside pubs are ideal for a quiet Sunday lunch.
	www.persimmonhomes.com /news/news_release.asp?id=212 (588 words)

	S&NCT History of the Canals
		These canals carried tub-boats which were about 20 feet long and 6 feet wide, could carry 5-8 tons of cargo and were pulled in trains of up to twenty, often by one horse.
		The Shrewsbury Canal was 17 miles long, had 11 locks, an inclined plane at Trench which was 223 yards long and raised boats 75 feet up to the Wombridge Canal and a tunnel 970 yards long at Berwick.
		Gradually the destruction of the canal continued with many of the locks being buried, Dukes Drive aqueduct destroyed and even the unique Longdon-upon-Tern Aqueduct was threatened by the suggestion that it be removed to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum (although this never occurred).
	www.sncanal.org.uk /history.htm (572 words)

	CANALMAPS ARCHIVE
		A Plan of the Navigable Canal from Birmingham in the County of Warwick to the Canal at Autherley near W.Hampton in the County of Stafford.
		A Plan of the Navigable Canal from Birmingham in the County of Warwick, to the Canal at Aldersley, near Wolverhampton in the County of Staffordwith a Collateral Cut to the Coal Mines at Wednesbury.
		A Plan of the Proposed Canal from the Oxford Canal at Braunston in the County of Northampton to join the River Thames at New Brentford in the County of Middlesex to be called the Grand Junction Canal with the Collateral Branches, from the said Canal to Da Grand Junction Canal.
	www.canalmaps.net /List.htm (6303 words)

	The Shropshire Canal
		The canal joined the Ketley to Oakengates canal, joined by a lock as there was a 1 ft difference in height, and then went into the Snedshill Tunnel, 279 yards long, emerged to run through what is now Telford Town Park, and into the Southall Tunnel, 281 yards long.
		The canal continued from Horsehay with a plate railway branch to the works, around to Brierley Hill overlooking Coalbrookdale, where the canal terminated.
		The section of canal from Wrockwardine Wood to the Windmill incline closed in 1858, and rail line was placed on the canal.
	www.oakengates.com /history/shropshire_canal.htm (636 words)

	"Coalport Factory Fact File" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		John Rose, in partnership with Edward Blakeway, move from their small pottery at Jackfield and set up a new porcelain workson a spit of land between the river Severn and the recently opened Shropshire canal just outside the new settlement that was to become known as Coalport.
		The name COALPORT and the date of AD1750 had been used on occasions before Bruffs takeover and he was, in effect, just continuing a previous error as there is no possible way that the company could have been in existance from that date.
		Many potteries combined their efforts to reduce costs and improve distribution for example but Coalport was left very much out on its own because of their isolated geographical position.
	www.abcir.org /coalportfff.shtml (1387 words)

	Hay Inclined Plane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Hay Inclined Plane is an example of a Canal inclined plane.
		It is located on the Coalport Canal, a short stretch that links the Victorian town of Blists Hill, as well as the Coalport China, brick and tile works, with the River Severn.
		The inclined plane was in operation from 1792 to 1894.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/ha/hay_inclined_plane.html (77 words)

	10. Coalport Bridge strengthening - construction (continued) \| Shropshire County Council
		One of the most challenging aspects of the scheme was the design and construction of the temporary works to carry construction loading when the strengthening and painting works were in progress.
		Due to the weak nature of Coalport Bridge, the removal of the existing deck slab was carried out using hydro-demolition techniques.
		A short length of a nearby dry, redundant canal was temporarily lined and used as the settling pond.
	www.shropshire.gov.uk /hwmaint.nsf/open/E2BF0C0877713C0B802570D5003918C5 (274 words)

	The Lehigh and Delaware Division Canals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Lehigh Canal, located along the Lehigh River, extends from Mauch Chunk to Easton; the Delaware Division Canal, supplementing the Lehigh, extends along the Delaware River from Fasten to Bristol, the total length of the two canals being 108 miles.
		The long hours, however, constrained the captains to have living quarters on the boats and, as at least one assistant was necessary for the operation of a vessel, it was not strange that men with families took one or more members of their households with them.
		Sixteen captains were found who had had children on the canals during the season of 1920-in 13 instances their own or step-children, in one instance a young nephew, and in two others, boys who were not related to them.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/springer/lehidela.htm (287 words)

	Canals 1
		The Chinese had developed the 'pound' (from compound) lock by the 10th century AD, and this meant that with a source of flowing water the canals could traverse areas of differing altitude in the way we are familiar with today.
		The canal bed was an excellent foundation, and in a number of places the railway was built directly on top of it.
		The canals are marked in blue, incline planes in red, roads in yellow, and the Severn is fl with blue outline at the bottom of the map.
	www.oakengates.com /history/canals_1.htm (615 words)

	The analysis of ceramic finds from excavations at the Coalport Chinaworks, Shropshire
		The Coalport Chinaworks is located on the north-east bank of the river Severn in the parish of Madeley in Shropshire.
		The work undertaken at the Coalport Chinaworks included the installation of an extensive drainage system and yielded a considerably greater quantity of pottery and other ceramic material than had been anticipated.
		These included the precise dates of earthenware manufacture, the range of types produced by the Coalport factories, particularly the poorly known Bradley and Co. pottery, and issues connected with the technology in use during the earlier and middle phases of manufacture on the site.
	www.eng-h.gov.uk /archcom/projects/summarys/html97_8/2099.htm (1062 words)

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