Inclined elevator from Trench
The Trench Inclined Elevator was a boat lift near the village of Trench, a suburb of the city of Telford , in the English county of Shropshire .
Built in 1793, it was the connection from the Wombridge Canal to the Shrewsbury Canal, was 227 yards (208 m) long and overcame a vertical drop of 75 feet (23 m).
It was a double-track construction with dry conveyance . The two transport vehicles could each accommodate a tub boat . The drive was brought about by a steam engine , which was replaced only once in the course of time, namely in 1842.
In 1919 new blast furnaces were built at Wombridge and the rest of the canal fell into disrepair since transportation was no longer necessary. The canal was abandoned on August 31, 1921, when the inclined elevator, now the last in the country, was closed.
In 1968, the remaining materials from the facility were used to fill the basins, destroying everything that was left.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 42 ′ 25.3 " N , 2 ° 27 ′ 41" W.