Wharf House, Maesbury. 06/11/68

Peate’s Wharf, Maesbury. 06/11/68

Looking towards to Queen's Head from Maesbury Wharf. 06/11/68

Maesbury Marsh - former bone works (1987)

This is a rare example of a 19th century superphosphate works that used the process patented in 1842 by Sir John Lawes (1814-1900) in which bones (or, where available, coprolites) were ground and mixed with sulphuric acid, at first in brick-lined pits, to produce superphosphate (calcium dihydrogen phosphate). There were about 80 small works in Britain by 1870, of which six were in Shropshire. The mill at Maesbury is the only one of which there are substantial remains. It was established about 1860 by Edward Richards, and continued in production until the early 1890s when the business moved to Rednal. (4 August 1987)

Maesbury Marsh - warehouse, 'Navigation Inn' and Bridge 79 (1961)

(28 May 1961)

Maesbury Marsh - 'Navigation Inn' (1987)

Across Bridge 79. (4 August 1987)

Maesbury Marsh - wharf, crane & Bridge 79 (1959)

(28 March 1959)

Maesbury Marsh - wharf & crane (1959)

15 cwt crane. (28 March 1959

Maesbury Marsh - wharf (1961)

Looking south-west. (28 May 1961)

Maesbury Hall Mill (1961)

Maesbury Hall Mill, or Peate's Mill, lay at the end of a quarter mile branch. Peate's owned a fleet of narrow-boats whch brought grain from Ellesmere Port to the mill. Carrying ceased in 1932. (25 March 1961)

Maesbury Hall Mill (1961)

Maesbury Hall Mill, or Peate's Mill, lay at the end of a quarter mile branch. Peate's owned a fleet of narrow-boats whch brought grain from Ellesmere Port to the mill. Carrying ceased in 1932. (5 March 1961)

Remains of a tramway from the Drill colliery at Morda just south of Oswestry to the canal.

The tramway connected to the canal near Maesbury at a wharf at Grid Ref: SJ 30400 24729. The picture was taken where it was crossed by the Cambrian Railway at Grid Ref: SJ 29316 25527. See also: https://rchsimagearchive.org.uk/index.php?album=Railways-Tramroads/Early-Railways/Early-Railways-Tramroads-in-the-West-Midlands/Tramroads-Ellesmere-Chester-Canal

Maesbury Hall Mill Arm (1961)

Looking towards the junction with the main line and Crofts Mill Bridge (81) (25 March 1961)

Peate’s Mill and canal branch, Maesbury. 06/11/68

Crickheath Bridge (85) (1961)

(25 March 1961)

Crickheath Wharf (1959)

Looking south from Bridge 85. (28 March 1959)

Waen Wen Bridge (87) (1960)

From the west. (9 April 1960)

Pant - Bridge 88 (1961)

By Pant Station — signal box prominent. The smaller arch was for the tramroad from the quarries and limekilns at Pant. (19 February 1961)

Pant - south-west towards site of railway bridge (1961)

Wharf at Greenfield, near Pant. April 1945

Somewhere near Grid Ref: SJ 27446 21792

Pant - south of Bridge 88 (1961)

Towards 'Canal House' (19 February 1961)

Pant - north-east towards site of railway bridge (1961)

The adjacent road is at a much lower level than the canal. A tramroad used to come down from quarries and kilns to the canal here. (19 February 1961)

Llanymynech Wharf (1961)

From Bridge 92. The chimney of the Hoffmann kiln is in the background. (28 May 1961)

? Llanymynech (1980)

Wern Bridge (94) (1958)

Between Llanymynech and Carreghofa. Llanymynech Hill in the background. (16 February 1958)