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The 46 mile Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal was completed in 1771, linking the Trent and Mersey Canal at Heywood Junction in Staffordshire with [[Stourport]] in Worcestershire.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_and_Worcestershire_Canal The Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal on Wikipedia]</ref><br>
The canal was the used for transporting coal to [[Stourport Power Station]] before the which opened in 1927. A branch line from [[Stourport|Stourport Station]] was built in 1940; thereafter coal could be brought in by rail from [[Collieries_served_by_the_Severn_Valley_Railway#Alveley_Colliery | Alveley]] and other local collieries.<br> The canal and the River Stour can be seen from the train as they pass under [[Falling Sands Viaduct]] in [[Kidderminster]].
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