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Latitude: 52.6988 / 52°41'55"N
Longitude: -2.6847 / 2°41'4"W
OS Eastings: 353826
OS Northings: 311454
OS Grid: SJ538114
Mapcode National: GBR BM.31R9
Mapcode Global: WH8BV.QFSD
Plus Code: 9C4VM8X8+G4
Entry Name: Shropshire Union Canal South West Entrance to Berwick Tunnel
Listing Date: 17 February 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1239507
English Heritage Legacy ID: 417408
Also known as: Southwest entrance, Berwick Tunnel
ID on this website: 101239507
Location: Berwick Wharf, Shropshire, SY4
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Upton Magna
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Upton Magna St Lucia
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Tunnel portal
SJ 51 SW UPTON MAGNA C.P. SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL,
SJ 5377 1120 Shrewsbury Branch
3/92 South-west entrance to
- Berwick Tunnel
- II
Canal tunnel entrance. Dated 1797, possibly by Josiah Clowes or Thomas
Telford. Dressed red sandstone with ashlar dressings. Parabolic arch with
chamfered voussoirs and triple keystone; curved retaining walls, string
course, central square datestone, coped parapet raised to centre, and
coped square end piers. Arch bricked up in late C20. Berwick Tunnel (970
yards) was the first canal tunnel to have a towpath incorporated from the
start; added at the suggestion of William Reynolds it was wooden, about
3 feet wide and rested on bearers set in the wall allowing the full
width of the tunnel to be filled with water and reducing the resistance of
boats. The Shrewsbury branch of the Shropshire Union Canal was begun in
1793 with Josiah Clowes as the engineer under William Reynolds, the latter
replaced after his death in February 1795 by Thomas Telford, and opened in
February 1797. Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands, David
and Charles (1969), Pp.160 and 163.
Listing NGR: SJ5382611453
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