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Shropshire Union Canal (Trench Branch) - disused.
At Trench an inclined plane was built, which was 223 yards (204 m) long and raised boats 75 feet (23 m) up to the Wombridge Canal, from where they could travel via the Shropshire Canal southwards to the River Severn at Coalport.
So from the South the canal went from Wombridge Canal, down an incline, to Trench Pool (visible in some BfA images) to run through Trench Locks to Weppenshall Junction, where it joined with the main canal linking Shrewsbury to the Shropshire Union Canal. '