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Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

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[[File:Viaduct - geograph.org.uk - 499261.jpg|thumb|300px|right| The Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal at falling Sands Viaduct]]
 
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 branch from [[Stourport|Stourport Station]] was built in 1940.<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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