The Basin beyond the tunnel was an interchange with the plateways and later railways that came from the Cauldon Low and other Quarries in the area. CKP
________________________________ From: Adrian Stott <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 26 August, 2010 13:24:08 Subject: [canals-list] Re: Froghall Basin - Uttoxeter Canal On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:47:07 -0000, "martinludgate" <[email protected]> wrote: >If I remember rightly (*) the tunnel wasn't an original feature of the canal, >which stopped just short of where the tunnel entrance now is. The reason for >the >towpath's fairly level, wide route around the tunnel is because it used the >former route of an extension of the tramway from Cauldon Low. Have I >remembered >rightly? Interesting. However, the tunnel, and the length beyond to the terminus, *is* part of the Caldon (i.e. the Etruria <-> Froghall) Canal, isn't it? i.e. *Not* part of the Uttoxeter branch, which surely wouldn't have been built until after the tunnel was there.. In that case, it must have been an extension. It would normally be difficult to justify the cost involved to achieve such a short additional distance. But I guess the stone traffic was very high volume. However, why couldn't that traffic all use the original (i.e. upstream of the tunnel) wharf? As to increasing use of the basin, why not rent some long-term. moorings in it? They could be called "The Cauldon (low) Moorings". Adrian Adrian Stott Tel. UK (0)7956-299966 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
