On 22/7/09 18:47, "Steve Wood" <[email protected]> wrote: > That's brilliant Martin, thanks a lot. I've not walked down to > Crickheath yet, but I will do before I move off. > > I'm curious about both the original and proposed Newtown terminus. The > interpretation panel on the line of the canal says that there was a > terminal basin some way short of the town centre but Nicholsons suggests > it went right to the town centre footbridge.
It did go pretty much into the town, although I suppose it wasn't quite in the original town centre (most of which was the other side of the Severn anyway). The terminus basin was at about grid ref 114917. > > I also don't get why the proposed restoration stops in the middle of > nowhere at Freestone Lock when the line of the canal closer to the town > hasn't been redeveloped, and indeed the towpath restoration is pretty > much done! Two reasons, I gather: (1) the main water supply comes from a weir on the Severn near Freestone Lock. Supplies to the remaining pounds from there into Newtown had to be pumped. (2) there is some kind of utility (can't remember if it's a sewer, water main or whatever) laid along the canal bed for some of the last section. Both of these make the length more expensive to restore, and even harder to justify especially as it won't even get the canal right back into Newtown because the final length has been built on. Martin L
