Wardle Canal
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The Wardle canal is the shortest canal in the UK at 154 feet (47 m).[1]
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The canal lies in Middlewich, Cheshire, UK, and connects the Trent and Mersey Canal to the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, terminating with a single lock known as Wardle Lock. It was built in 1829 so that the navigation authority of the Trent and Mersey Canal could maintain control over the junction.
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- Canals of Great Britain
- History of the British canal system
- Four Counties Ring - a canal cruising ring that includes the Wardle Canal
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- ^ Adrian Rayson. "CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE – Hursts Ahoy and Llangollen Ho!". On Board Narrowboat FRILFORD (British Waterways No. 500645). http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rayson/frilford25.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
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Coordinates: 53°11′15″N 2°26′29″W / 53.1875°N 2.44139°W
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