Stockport Branch Canal

Stockport Branch Canal
Many of the canal's structures have survived, including this bridge at Abbey Hey Lane
Specifications
Statustwo fifths a footpath
History
Original ownerAshton Canal Company
Date of act1793
Date of first use1797
Date closed1962
Geography
Start pointClayton
End pointStockport
Connects toAshton Canal
Stockport Canal
 Ashton Canal locks 10 + 11
 A635 Ashton Old Road bridge
 Gorton Stn aqueduct
 Maintenance arm
 Abbey Hey Lane bridge
 Hyde Road station and bridge
 A57 Hyde Road bridge
 Reddish North bridge and station
 Station Road bridge
 Longford Road West bridge
 B5169 Broadstone Road bridge
 Reddish South bridge and station
 Beat Bank Branch Canal
 Broadstone Hall Road bridge
 Lancashire Hill bridge
 Wharf
 Wharf Street bridge
 Stockport wharf
 Stockport Basin

The Stockport Branch Canal was a 5-mile (8 km) branch of the Ashton Canal from Clayton to Stockport, England.

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