Caldon Canal

Caldon Canal
Caldon Canal
	The southern portal of Leek Tunnel
Specifications
Length	18 miles (29 km)
Maximum boat length	72 ft 0 in (21.95 m)
Maximum boat beam	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Locks	17
Status	Navigable
Navigation authority	Canal and River Trust
History
Original owner	Trent & Mersey Canal Company
Date of act	1776
Date completed	December 1778
Date restored	1974
Geography
Start point	Froghall
End point	Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
Branch(es)	Leek, Uttoxeter Canal
Branch of	Trent & Mersey Canal

Caldon Canal is a branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal which opened in 1779. It runs 18 miles (29 km) from Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, to Froghall, Staffordshire. The canal has 17 locks and the 76-yard (69 m) Froghall Tunnel.

Caldon Canal

					Froghall Wharf

					Uttoxeter Canal
					Froghall Tunnel (76 yd)
				17	Flint Mill Lock

				49A	Churnet Valley Railway
					Weir

					River Churnet
				16	Oakmeadowford Lock
				15	Woods Lock
				13-14	Cheddleton Locks (2)
				42	A520 bridge
					Leek Basin

					Barnfields Aqueduct
					Rudyard Resr and feeder
					Leek Tunnel (130yd)
					Stoke–Leek line aqueduct
					1800 Hazelhurst staircase (3)
					Hazelhurst Aqueduct
				10-12	Hazelhurst Locks (3)

					1776 Park Lane Locks (3)

					Endon Wharf

					Stanley Resr and feeder
				8-9	Stockton Brook Locks
				25	A53 road bridge
				7	Stockton Brook Locks
				24A	Stoke–Leek line
				5-6	Stockton Brook Locks
					Knypersley Resr and feeder
				4	Engine Lock
				19A	railway bridge
				19	A53 road bridge
					Foxley Branch
				14A	Stoke–Leek line
				12	A5008 road bridge
				8	A50 road bridge
				3	Planet Lock
				4	A5006 road bridge
				1-2	Etruria Staircase Locks (2)
					Trent and Mersey Canal

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