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The Burslem Branch Canal is a 3/8 mile arm of the Trent and Mersey Canal in Stoke-on-Trent. The canal opened in 1805 and was closed by a major breach in 1961. Backed by the Trent and Mersey Canal Society and the Stoke-on-Trent Branch of the Inland Waterways Association, and with active support from Renew North Staffordshire, the local housing regeneration body, and British Waterways, the Burslem Port Project aims to restore the Branch Canal and create an attractive and safe “haven” for boaters passing through or visiting Stoke-on-Trent. The restoration will also be a major feature in and contributor to, the regeneration of both the Middleport community alongside the canal site and nearby Burslem, the “Mother Town” of the Potteries. |
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Hunt for lost canal boat in Burslem to use Time Team style geophysics
A Keele University lecturer and his research team are set to use Time Team-style geophysics to find a narrow boat buried when a canal was filled in almost 50 years ago.
A National Coal Board boat from Wolstanton Colliery called Elizabeth was moored in the canal near its junction with the Trent and Mersey main line canal; it was left stranded when the canal breached in 1961 and was believed to have been buried when the canal was filled in.