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The Trent & Mersey Canal links the Mersey The plan was to follow the contours of the land to to the and hence the Humber and reduce cost but this still meant major earthworks, thus Liverpool to Hull. It was the first of the flights of locks, wharf developments and five major major inland waterways, a key component of tunnels. the industrial revolution. The first sod was cut on July 1766 but James The whole project was initiated in 1765 at a Brindley died in 1772. Hugh Henshall, his brother- meeting of 'the Company of Proprietors of the in-law, previously the Clerk of Works, took over and Navigation from the Trent to the Mersey'. When completed the whole route in 1777. it was completed in 1777, it was the greatest civil engineering project that had been carried Within a few years traffic exceeded all expectations out in England and the first major transport and improvements had to be made. The Harecastle investment since Roman times. Tunnel, the first and longest transport tunnel ever be constructed in England, was found to be too narrow, From its earliest days it enabled raw materials so Thomas Telford designed a second tunnel to and goods to be transported in large volumes relieve congestion. and thus facilitated the mass production of consumer goods through cheap and reliable Brindley’s Harecastle Tunnel Southern Portal transportation. This had a dramatic effect upon (Source: Wikipedia commons) the development and prosperity of trade and industry across the whole county.

The engineer, , always saw the Trent & Mersey Canal as a key part for his ‘Grand Cross’ to link the whole of England. Despite that plan not coming about, it is still the crucial link between INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS Liverpool and Hull and the great Northern and Southern canal systems.

Despite the wide support that enjoy today, James Brindley and the promoters faced determined opposition. Vested interests opposed the alignment, the cost, the feasibility and even the concept of the canal. It was only through the most determined lobbying that the various Acts of Parliament were

approved to permit construction. Telford’s Harecastle Tunnel Southern Portal (Source: Wikipedia commons) Today, the canal appears to be a quiet, green, corridor: its banks waste land. Yet, when it was opened, entrepreneurs quickly took space along its banks and Telford also made a number of other improvements developed major, national, industries knowing that a including straightening some sections and duplicating connection to the canal would be profitable. locks. (Source: Wikipedia Commons Licence)