Coalport Inclined Plane The Hay Inclined Plane is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Inclined plane.

Coalport Inclined Plane The Hay Inclined Plane

WRENN ID
knotted-outpost-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Telford and Wrekin
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1983
Type
Inclined plane
Source
Historic England listing

Description

COALPORT COALPORT HIGH STREET 1. 5362 The Hay (or Coalport) inclined plane SJ 6902 17/141

II GV

    1. Built by William Reynolds. The inclined plane connected the Shropshire Canal with a lower canal which ran through the China Works at Coalport to the River Severn. Consists of an incline rising from the lower canal up the hillside for a distance of approximately 200 ft to the disused upper canal. It is the best preserved of the 7 inclined planes of Shropshire. Used for the last time in 1894. Restored in 1968 and 1975. The Rails have been restored. At the upper end are some remains of a slipway and the brick shell of a building (engine house?) with a chimney stack. Scheduled A.M.

Listing NGR: SJ6944202644

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