Coalport Canal

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legend Image:BSicon uJUNCa.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Shropshire Union Canal Image:BSicon ugLOCKSu.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugHSTa.svg Pave Lane Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon ugBASINl.svg Image:BSicon ugSTRlg.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Lilleshall limeworks Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugLOCKSd.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon POINTERl.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Donnington Wood Canal Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon ugBASINl.svg Image:BSicon ugJUNCe.svg Image:BSicon ugPLANEr.svg Image:BSicon ugJUNCrd.svg Lilleshall Branch Image:BSicon ugJUNCld.svg Image:BSicon ugBASINr.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Humber Branch Image:BSicon POINTERl.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Newport Canal Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugSTRrg.svg Image:BSicon ugJUNCrd.svg Old Yard Junction Image:BSicon ugLOCKSu.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon ugPLANEd.svg Wrockwardine Wood plane Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon POINTERl.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Wombridge Canal Image:BSicon ugJUNCld.svg Image:BSicon ugLOCKSr.svg Image:BSicon ugPLANEr.svg Image:BSicon ugJUNCrd.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Trench Branch Image:BSicon ugLOCKSu.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugBASINl.svg Image:BSicon ugSTRrf.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Wombridge mines Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon ugBASINl.svg Image:BSicon ugPLANEr.svg Image:BSicon ugFGATEr.svg Image:BSicon ugJUNCrd.svg Ketley Canal Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugTUNNEL1.svg Snedshill Tunnel Image:BSicon POINTERl.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Shrewsbury Canal Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugTUNNEL1.svg Southall Tunnel Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugPLANEr.svg Image:BSicon ugHSTR.svg Image:BSicon ugJUNCrd.svg Horsehay Branch Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugPLANEu.svg Windmill inclined plane Image:BSicon ugHSTe.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon POINTERl.svg Image:BSicon ugSTR.svg Shropshire Canal Image:BSicon ueHSTR.svg Image:BSicon ueSTRlg.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugPLANEu.svg Hay Inclined Plane Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ueSTR.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ugHSTe.svg Coalport Image:BSicon leer.svg Image:BSicon ueSTRlf.svg Image:BSicon ueHSTR.svg Image:BSicon ueHSTR.svg Image:BSicon ueHSTR.svg River Severn

The Coalport Canal is an historic canal built to link several Coalport industries with the River Severn. The canal runs from the river past the Coalport China works, the 'Tar Tunnel' leading to the bitumen and coal mines, and up the Hay Inclined Plane, where it continues towards Blists Hill town. It terminates here. There is also another entrance to the mines from the top of the inclined plane at Blists Hill.

Today, the canal and inclined plane, along with the Coalport China works, mine, and Blists Hill town, are part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. Currently, much of the stretch between Blists Hill and the Hay Inclined Plane is overgrown and impassable.

The Coalport Canal is a part of the Shropshire Union Canal.

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• Canals of Great Britain
• History of the British canal system
• Rivers of the United Kingdom

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