The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1720 and the work, which included eleven locks, was completed in 1732. An unusual clause in the enabling Act of Parliament stipulated that profits should be given to the County of Cheshire for the improvement of roads and bridges, but the navigation was not initially profitable, and it was 1775 before the first payments were made. Trade continued to rise, and by 1845, over £500,000 had been given to the county.
River Weaver at Nantwich
Weaver Sluices on the Manchester Ship Canal discharge water from the Weaver into the Mersey.
Signals between the chambers at Hunt's Lock, Northwich railway viaducts behind
Anderton Boat Lift
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93+1⁄2-mile (150 km) canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Middlewich, it is a wide canal.
The Trent and Mersey Canal near Branston Water Park
Barnton Tunnel east entrance
Hall Green Branch crosses the T&M at Poole Aqueduct
A typical set of double locks on the T&M