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This very steep railway was used to transfer goods between the canal and the river. Photo Roger Smith.
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In 1892, a cliff railway opened in Bridgnorth, so that the people of Bridgnorth were saved from having to walk up these 200 steps to get from Low Town to High Town.
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In 1890, a meeting was held in Bridgnorth to discuss alternative ways for the people of Bridgnorth to move between the High and Low Towns. At the time, the only way to move between the two parts of the town, was by walking up these 200 steps. By 1892, the town had a cliff railway to carry the pe...
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Coracles have been popular in Shropshire for many centuries, although today you will see them used for pleasure rather than as a means of transport. When the Iron Bridge first opened at the end of the 18th century many locals still preferred to use their coracles to cross the river rather than p...
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This photograph shows the River Severn next to the Quarry. Shropshire rarely has weather that is cold enough to freeze an entire section of the River over.
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This view of the path along the ridge of the Stiperstones looks almost otherworldly. In places such as this it can certainly be tough going under foot. Other than the difficult foot path this ridge is also known for five Bronze Age burial sites known as Cairns. Four of these are known as round...
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The stretch of the Prees Branch Canal north of Waterloo Bridge to the marina near Dobson's Bridge is disused and is now recognised as being an important refuge for wildlife. For this reason in 1971 this section was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Photograph taken in August ...
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The A5 Shrewsbury by-oass opened in August 1992 to relieve the congested town of through traffic. Photographed by Ian Thompson as part of a slideshow and talk called 'Walks along Rea Brook'.
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Lord Gower built the Donnington Wood Canal between 1765 and 1768 to carry coal from his estates in Donnington Wood a distance of 5.5 miles to the wharf at Pave Lane. The canal was designed for small 3 ton "tub boats" that would have been pulled by horses. Several remnants of the canal survive i...
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Throughout its working life the Donnington Wood Canal was known by several names, including the Marquess of Stafford's Canal and the Duke of Sutherland's Canal. It was actually built by Lord Gower, the brother-in-law of the Duke of Bridgewater. He built it to transport coal deposits from his mi...
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Shrewsbury is no stranger to flooding as the River Severn rises rapidly after heavy rain. The Photographed by Don Burgess.
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This photograph shows a group of people making their way in to Shrewsbury through a flooded Abbey Foregate and over the English Bridge. Abbey Foregate is always one of the first places in Shrewsbury to flood. The photograph was taken during February 1946.
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